justine
Well Liberals most certainly are given the fact that they were even born seems grounds enough to me.
JimSock
They are generally healthier.
They generally know the difference from actual malpractice, which is extremely rare, and frivolity.
Curt J
Only slightly politically biased, I see!
Joe in texas
When a jury awards benifits to the plantiff, in this case the patient, the jury can award for damages (actual cost to the patient) and punitive damages (punishing the practitioner)
We need a cap on punitive damages because some patients believe any negative outcome is like winning the lottery.
Dave
No we dont go to affirmative action qualified doctors. We go to the doctors that actually earned the right to go to medical school. On a cheerier note once obama care passes, you will be forbidden from suing the govt over wrongs that happened to you. allow me to illustrate:
Scenario #1 You go to your doctor and he says you have cancer. Your insurance company says they wont pay for your treatment. You sue them and win millions.
Scenario #2 You go to your doctor and he says you have cancer. YOu send the 94 pages into the obama care people. You wait 3 months. They decide that you are too old for the treatment to be cost effective. They tell you "sorry bout that". You resend your paperwork in asking for a review to the exact same people that turned you down. 5 months later they send you a letter back saying "we already told you no".
You have exhausted your avenues to get treatment from obamacare. The bill specifically states you are unable to sue them. Now just please go away and die. Hell you are already 63 and retired! You dont represent an asset to BHO.
Barak Hussein obama
Mmmmm Mmmm Mmmmm
myrrdin_810
darling of the religious right conservative republican senator rick santorum, (r-pa), was one such victim. his wife sued her doctor for malpractice and eventually settled for $ 724,000.
three days after that announcement appeared in my local paper, senator santorum introduced a bill to the senate to cap medical malpractice awards at $ 250,000.
his message to the voters of pennsylvania?
"i got mine! SCREW you!"
he lost the next election.
Michael H
We usually don't run to the doctor like you libs when we got a tummy ache, we tape up, wear copper braclets, and drive on, we're blue collar guys, we certainly don't murder our babies like your side does.
Outlawcajun
Are liberals miraculously always the victims of medical malpractice ?
Or, more likely, are liberals just out for another easy payday ?
open4one
By and large, Conservatives accept responsibility for their own problems, which leads them to listen more carefully when the doctor is explaining their options, and make the decision for themselves rather than try to figure out what the doctor might be trying to talk them into (even when the doctor isn't trying to talk them into anything.)
Conservatives also tend to attach definitions to words, and don't presume that a bad result is irrefutable proof of medical malpractice. Since most Conservatives tend to believe in God, they can blame God rather than the nearest doctor.
Conservatives also are able to see the Big Picture. They don't mind having an ugly scar on their neck after an emergency tracheotomy that saved their lives.
They also live in Reality. When a doctor asks them about their medical history, they don't leave out embarrassing details, and later claim the doctor "should have known."
I know a lot of professional people. Doctors overall have a hell of a lot better "batting average" than lawyers do. Ever stop to think that in any given lawsuit that goes to a jury, half of the lawyers are going to lose? Would you still respect an Investment Advisor with a 500 batting average, or would that be malpractice? What if half the buildings an architect designed fell down within five years? How about if half the airline flights wound up in the wrong city?
Basically, the difference is that some of us know the difference between a bad result and malpractice. I'm guessing you don't.
regerugged
The problem with high cost of medical care is the lying, cheating, thieving attorneys who fabricate claims. Ex-senator John Edwards is a worst-case example. He got filthy rich off of doctors, hospitals and insurance companies. He has not produced one useful thing in his professional career.
How do you like paying 35 million dollars for nothing?
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