SpicyNacho Very well said. The problem with the Bluejayz rationale is they read what lawyers tell them and actually believe them.
if you take the dollars we spend on malpractice insurance and add into that the dollars awarded in successful malpractice suits although it adds up to billions it is indeed maybe 3%. Those are the numbers liberals and lawyers use.
It is the billions and billions we spend on defensive medicine that adds up to 10-20%.
Practical example in my field. The number 1 cause of malpractice law suits against Dermatologists is the failure to diagnose malignant melanomas.
Here is my challenge to you Bluejayz. Facts: The average American has 14 nevi. 50% of all melanomas arise from nevi. There are 120,000 new melanomas diagnosed each year.
A patient comes in and says look at my “mole” (a nevus). If you say it looks benign, lets follow it and of it ever becomes a melanoma you will get sued for millions of dollars. If you remove it -surgical fee, pathology fee-lab fees etc maybe $500. Vast vast majority of time benign but you will never be sued. What do you do?
if you elect to remove it that is defensive medicine. lawyers say that is not defensive medicine but just good practice. Do the math- 308 million Americans 14 moles per American. $500 per surgical removal.
SpicyNacho Very well said. The problem with the Bluejayz rationale is they read what lawyers tell them and actually believe them.
if you take the dollars we spend on malpractice insurance and add into that the dollars awarded in successful malpractice suits although it adds up to billions it is indeed maybe 3%. Those are the numbers liberals and lawyers use.
It is the billions and billions we spend on defensive medicine that adds up to 10-20%.
Practical example in my field. The number 1 cause of malpractice law suits against Dermatologists is the failure to diagnose malignant melanomas.
Here is my challenge to you Bluejayz. Facts: The average American has 14 nevi. 50% of all melanomas arise from nevi. There are 120,000 new melanomas diagnosed each year.
A patient comes in and says look at my “mole” (a nevus). If you say it looks benign, lets follow it and of it ever becomes a melanoma you will get sued for millions of dollars. If you remove it -surgical fee, pathology fee-lab fees etc maybe $500. Vast vast majority of time benign but you will never be sued. What do you do?
if you elect to remove it that is defensive medicine. lawyers say that is not defensive medicine but just good practice. Do the math- 308 million Americans 14 moles per American. $500 per surgical removal.