GatorB

WRONG!

Hmm health cares cost keep going up BUT

The number of tort trials concluded in U.S. district courts declined by nearly 80 percent - from 3,600 trials in 1985 to fewer than 800 trials in 2003, the Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) reported.
Approximately nine out of 10 tort trials involved personal injury issues - most frequently, product liability, motor vehicle (accident), marine and medical malpractice cases. The percentage of tort cases concluded by trial in U.S. district courts has also declined from 10 percent in the early 1970s to 2 percent in 2003.

The most common types of federal tort trials included motor vehicle accident (20 percent), product liability (13 percent), marine (10 percent) and medical malpractice (10 percent) cases.

The estimated median damage award (the amount at which half the awards are higher and half are lower) for plaintiffs who prevailed in tort trials concluded in 2002-2003 was $201,000. The tort trial categories with the highest estimated median damage awards included medical malpractice ($600,000) and product liability ($350,000) cases.

HOWEVER

Plaintiffs won less frequently in tort trials involving medical malpractice (37 percent)

Let do the math 800 cases a year 80 of which are medical malpractice. 30 of which were won by the plaintiff. Average award $600K so that total outlay to doctors was $18 million.

Yet somehow lawsuits are the reason health care is so expensive. By the way ever think that sometimes doctors are in fact fuck ups? Do you think people should not have the right to sue if the doctor fucks up? If not I can only hope something bad happens to you or one of your loved ones so you can learn a valuable lesson in life.