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To: Constant Reader who wrote (192329)	7/20/2006 4:11:47 PM
From: geode00	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Teachers and schools get nailed if children fail tests, why don't parents? --------- If the AMA or the government would police doctors and get rid of those who have lousy skills (including horrific bedside manners) then malpractice (which increases medical costs by 1-2%) wouldn't be an issue. As it is, it isn't anywhere near as much an issue as pharmaceutical gouging. ============ "What the medical societies did not tell my father, or almost anyone else, was that their own research showed that the real problem was too much medical malpractice, not too much litigation.... The report by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Science, To Err Is Human, was a common source. That report summarized research showing that nearly 100,000 people die in the United States each year from medical mistakes—more than die from automobile and workplace accidents combined. Because of that research and reporting, public opinion is coming around to the view that, distressingly, Jesica’s and Jeanella’s problems are not unique; our health care system has a serious medical-injury problem..." press.uchicago.edu Medicare contracts out care to private doctors. So is the problem insurance companies? I think they're a very big part of both high costs AND the denial of healthcare. I think insurance companies suck big time. They're now whining about paying out claims for Katrina because they say it'll cost them money. Gee. latimes.com "The companies that provide Americans with their homeowners and auto insurance made a record $44.8-billion profit last year even after accounting for the claims of policyholders wiped out by Hurricane Katrina and the other big storms of 2005, according to the firms' filings with state regulators... But the industry's remarkable performance also reflects a dozen-year effort by insurers to insulate themselves from the most extreme financial consequences of catastrophe by, among other things, shifting risks previously borne by companies to policyholders and the public...."