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To: greenspirit who wrote (80751)10/26/2004 3:50:18 AM
From: Lane3  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 793822
 
The indirect costs associated with the threat of malpractice law suits is significantly higher than 1%.

Intuitively, I had always assumed so, too. However, I have always had a lot of respect for CBO and I can't just discount what they say.

Even if the costs are "only" .4 percent, that doesn't mean that they shouldn't be mitigated. That's still a lot of money. .4 percent here and .4 percent there, well, it all adds up.

cbo.gov
factcheck.org@docID=133.html



To: greenspirit who wrote (80751)10/26/2004 6:42:07 AM
From: Ilaine  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 793822
 
Annual spending on health care by all sectors is $1.2 trillion, about 14% of GDP. Reducing that by 1% might seem like a small amount, but it's still $12 billion.


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