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Originally Posted by dmatre
And obviously we don’t have improper care, misdiagnosis or botched medical procedures here, otherwise malpractice insurance rates would be sky h……. hmmmm
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Those exist here, unfortunately. But they occur much less. My visiting of various US newspaper web sites I seldom -- can't remember the last time -- encounter any stories of this sort.
But the Sun, Daily Mail, and Mirror (UK papers) run stories detailing NHS shortcomings almost every day and too often the outcome is someone who could have been treated and made healthy was not properly treated to the point of being subjected to malpractice.
Malpractice insurance rates are high not because of the number of cases but because the settlements are very high. And in some cases, too many cases, the verdict by the jury is not justice but just rewarding the plaintiff with a windfall...'cause it is only insurance money after all.