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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (303981)9/22/2006 3:21:43 PM
From: combjelly  Read Replies (1) of 1574767
 
"Those employed by HMOs don't have to pay for malpractice, since their employers cover that."

But then the expense is born by the HMO. Which still doesn't cut the overall costs.

"I don't see how universal health care is going to resolve this problem. "

It wouldn't totally solve the problem, but it would make a big dent. A huge problem is that bad docs just move to a different state, sometimes with the collusion of the AMA. Now it could be that the media filters this, but when you read about a big malpractice award, the doctor in question often has a history of malpractice in other states. So having some centralized database that isn't in the hands of the doctors themselves would help a lot.
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