and our fearless leader wants to limit judgements...

[GroundZero]

good ol g.w.bush want's to limit judgements in liability suits against doctors to 250,000 bucks.
read this and tell me he has a clue.

 

[BatmanNate]

Sweet, time for me to dawn my latex gloves.

 

[Zim Hosein]

Originally posted by: BatmanNate
Sweet, time for me to dawn my latex gloves.

:Q

 

[rawoutput]

Originally posted by: GroundZero
good ol g.w.bush want's to limit judgements in liability suits against doctors to 250,000 bucks.
read this and tell me he has a clue.

Maybe now more people will want to be doctors instead of lawyers.

 

[Evadman]

There does need to be a cap, but that is way too low IMHO. Doctors are human just like evryone else. Mistakes are made even with all the double checking that is done. It sucks, but it is inevitable.

 

[ElFenix]

there was a thread on this like two days ago

 

[Ryan]

Shit happens - deal with it.

 

[dakata24]

deja vu

 

[GroundZero]

Originally posted by: rbloedow
Gosh, you make it sound like it's not that much money

lets see...
lose both your breasts, get massive infections from the surgery...
think that didn't already cost her 250k?
what about pain and suffering?

sorry ma'am.
you didn't have any cancer to start with, our bad.

this also happens to be a friend of mines godmother

 

[Ameesh]

youre stupid and myopic if you think tort isnt a big problem

 

[Ryan]

If you had any common sense, you would realize that in order for you to have affordable and sensible health care in your old age, this type of reform is needed. This article should help you: http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/01/16/bush.malpractice.ap/index.html

 

[yellowperil]

I read that the 250K cap was for punitive damages only, so medical damages would not be limited. Also I believe you can classify pain & suffering under compensatory damages as well (don't quote me on that) so that would not be affected. Nevertheless I think a cap would usurp the jury's function which plays the major role in the American justice system

EDIT: read the article, I was wrong - he wants to cap pain & suffering as well - not right IMO.

 

[Jmman]

Guys, like we discussed in the other thread, the cap is on "punitive" damages, not compensatory. In her case I am sure she would get millions for pain and suffering, medical bills, etc. The cap does not change that. It simply puts a cap at 250,000 for damages intended to punish the doctor. Or maybe you guys would like it better if we didn't have doctors because the cost of insurance premiums are more than the doctor even makes in total income. You might think that is an exaggeration, but in some states doctors are already paying more than 50% of their income just for insurance.....

 

[Ryan]

Originally posted by: Jmman
Guys, like we discused in the other thread, the cap is on "punitive" damages, not compensatory. In her case I am sure she would get millions for pain and suffering, medical bills, etc. The cap does not change that. It simply puts a cap at 250,000 for damages intended to punish the doctor. Or maybe you guys would like it better if we didn't have doctors because the cost of insurance premiums are more than the doctor even makes in total income. You might think that is an exaggeration, but in some states doctors are already paying more than 50% of their income just for insurance.....

Thanks for putting my thoughts into words