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Originally Posted by billyb
Just ask any doctor what they have to pay a month just for their insurance, it will scare you. This also is a reason for the high cost of health care. If you need a major operation, i can guarantee you that you will want to have that done here in the US  |
Malpractice insurance is estimated between 3-7% of a doctors total revenue. In fact, it's a much smaller percent than what it was 20 years ago. So malpractice is not what is driving up costs.
Still, the excessive lawsuits are one of the problems with the health care industry. Not the main one or the only one though. This should be fixed as well.