Bluesplayer
09-04-2009, 09:56 PM
Doctors, nurses, and hospitals seldom make mistakes.
And when they do make a teensy tiny mistake, it seldom has any real effect on the patient's health or life.
And when it does have a severe impact on the patient's life or health, and requires a lifetime of care, well, the doctor shouldn't be held accountable for that.
And if that lifetime of care costs millions of dollars, well, Medicare or Medicaid should be responsible for that, not the doctor, or his insurance company.
And if the patient still needs help, and has to sue the doctor, he should be prohibited from hiring an attorney. Attorneys should be free to spend their time arguing to the supreme court that the guy with the fewest votes should be (s)elected, or writing baseless legal justifications for torture and warrantless wiretapping for the president.
And if he does hire an attorney, that attorney should work for free.
And if the patient wins the suit, the jury should have no say in how much he should be awarded, because, well, what do they know about the case, really?
And if the patient wins, the insurance companies should decide what the award should be, since they are always fair. The award should cover no more than 10% of the patients expenses. He should get a second job to pay the other 90% himself. Personal responsibility, you know. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! Oh - no legs? Sorry, my bad?
It should also be mentioned that malpractice insurers make huge profits on malpractice insurance, yet I hear no talk about limiting them
Malpractice is a problem that adds expense to the whole system, but the way to fix it is not to punish the injured or dead patients and their attorneys, but to decrease the amount of unnecessary medical errors that injure and kill patients.
All my own opinion, but come on, think for yourself! This is so obviously another ploy by the right to take the focus off the real issues.
And when they do make a teensy tiny mistake, it seldom has any real effect on the patient's health or life.
And when it does have a severe impact on the patient's life or health, and requires a lifetime of care, well, the doctor shouldn't be held accountable for that.
And if that lifetime of care costs millions of dollars, well, Medicare or Medicaid should be responsible for that, not the doctor, or his insurance company.
And if the patient still needs help, and has to sue the doctor, he should be prohibited from hiring an attorney. Attorneys should be free to spend their time arguing to the supreme court that the guy with the fewest votes should be (s)elected, or writing baseless legal justifications for torture and warrantless wiretapping for the president.
And if he does hire an attorney, that attorney should work for free.
And if the patient wins the suit, the jury should have no say in how much he should be awarded, because, well, what do they know about the case, really?
And if the patient wins, the insurance companies should decide what the award should be, since they are always fair. The award should cover no more than 10% of the patients expenses. He should get a second job to pay the other 90% himself. Personal responsibility, you know. Pull yourself up by your bootstraps! Oh - no legs? Sorry, my bad?
It should also be mentioned that malpractice insurers make huge profits on malpractice insurance, yet I hear no talk about limiting them
Malpractice is a problem that adds expense to the whole system, but the way to fix it is not to punish the injured or dead patients and their attorneys, but to decrease the amount of unnecessary medical errors that injure and kill patients.
All my own opinion, but come on, think for yourself! This is so obviously another ploy by the right to take the focus off the real issues.