it's only partly because of the cost (btw, this is getting really off
topic, perhaps it should migrate to grrltalk?) -- in my experience,
doctors don't help or make things worse about as often as they make things
better. This might not be true for *really* serious diseases (but then
again, it might...I watched a doctor refuse to see a friend of mine who
is a transplant recipient for increasingly serious 'flu like symptoms',
right up until she ended up in the emergency room and nearly died [no
exageration] of pneumonia), but in my (relatively normal) life, tha'ts
been the experience...
I dunno..I understand what you mean about malpractice suits -- my mom is a
nurse, it does suck that malpractice costs are what they are. The
difficulty is finding the balance between holding medical professionals
responsible and not bankrupting the good ones...
Vinnie
On Wed, 10 Nov 1999, J B wrote:
> I have to ask...what would youy say about the healthcare industry?
> The increased costs in the United States for healthcare are becuase of the
> insanely high cost of malpractice insurance, which has been driven there by
> moneyt hungry lawyers. For example...my mother is an advanced practice
> nurse...she is a CRNA (Nurse Anesthetist). Her insurance...malpractice
> only, costs almost $75K per year. She has been in practice for over ten
> years, and has never had a fatality or malpractice suit. Where is the
> justice in that?
>
>
> Don't even get me started on the health care industry.
>
> Regards,
> Caity
> (formerly conservative, now definitely socialist)
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