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Originally Posted by artwilliams
Here is one angle as told to me by an American doctor I once met on vacation.
Doctors pay huge malpractice insurance fees because ambulance chasing lawyers are suing them all the time. As a result, they've become overly cautious and send patients for any and all tests that might be related to their condition in order to help defend themselves should they get sued. This results in higher than needed health care costs and insurance premiums.
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Thats insurance companies fucking them up the ass not actual law suits. In Tx they capped it all and it hasnt made a different of healthcare costs.
http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2013/...3391367349367/
"Some argue malpractice lawsuits are a big driver of U.S. healthcare costs, but researchers suggest these assertions are wrong.
Dr. Marty Makary, an associate professor of surgery and health policy at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and colleagues found in their review that U.S. malpractice payouts of more than $1 million added up to roughly $1.4 billion a year -- making up far less than 1 percent of national medical expenditures in the United States. The cost of U.S. healthcare was $2.6 trillion in 2010."