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A comment on How Would Tort Reform Affect the Quality of Emergency Healthcare?

RAGGEDSTEP — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 15:28:22 GMT

Mr. Udelman, a compelling anecdote does not make a case.

There are no studies to support your claim that California emergency care has suffered under MICRA. If I have missed one, please post it on this site.

There is, however, plenty of evidence that the State's medical system is being burdened by the uninsured, illegal immigrants rising use of emergency facilities.

There are also statistics showing states that have enacted tort reform report an increase in the number of doctors willing to practice within their boundries.

You want a compelling anecdote? In 1964, I attended high in an isolated rural area. During a football game, I broke my wrist and was treated by the local OB/GYN whose turn it was to be on call for emergencies. He was a caring doctor and everything was fine except my left wrist has very, very slightly limited movement.

Today, I'm sure you could convince a jury that I could have been the greatest rock guitarist of all time if I could just bend that wrist a little more. Pay me and pay you.

But let's remember one little detail. OB/GYNs no longer practice in isolated rural areas because they can't afford the liability costs with a relatively small client load.

Enough is enough. We need tort reform in this country. Health care is far more important than rich lawyers.

RAGGEDSTEP

A comment on How Would Tort Reform Affect the Quality of Emergency Healthcare?

Ice Pick — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:08:16 GMT

Mr Udelman,

While I would agree with your first order analysis, a more
rational behavior of risk management under a system where uncapped damages are
possible would be to eliminate risk, not reduce it.

To that end, Martin
Luther King
Jr.-Harbor Hospital
would have closed its emergency room, not attempted to mitigate risk.

This is not a vacuous assertion.Â Please observe the availability of Obstetricians
in the state of Illinois
were uncapped judgments are allowed.

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Beryl Shaw — Mon, 28 May 2007 06:35:45 GMT

It may well require tort reform before they take this type of criminal neglect seriously. Of course they should be forced to take responsibility. If a driver kills a pedestrian because he'/she wasn't paying attention, they're still judged guilty. As they should be.