Conn. Senate Approves Med-Mal Bill Without Caps on Awards
East News • June 8, 2005
The Connecticut state Senate has approved a series of measures designed to lower medical malpractice insurance rates for physicians, who say rising premiums are threatening the availability of ...
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Subject: Conn. Med/Mal Without Caps
Posted On: June 8, 2005, 12:50 pm CDT
Posted By: Bill Reid
Comment:
Did anyone actually expect Connecticut politicians to cap "pain and suffering" awards? Score another one for the personal injury bar. Pain and suffering = big contingent fees. Society needs to stop it's polyanna thinking that everyone in the world is entitled to make an honest mistake EXCEPT a medical professional. Talk about a double standard. Malpractice should be reserved for only the most aggregious acts of negligence. Thanks to the PI attorneys and their pursuit of $$$, good doctors are re-thinking their career objectives. Why walk the Med-Mal minefield when you have nothing to gain and everything to lose? Maybe people will wake up when they need emergency surgery but no doctor will respond because they're afraid of being sued.
And the old "pain and suffering" needs to be re-evaluated. Money doesn't make people feel any better nor heal quicker. Everything in life is an assumption of some risk. Medical release/consent forms acknowlege this and people willingly sign them to get the treatment they need. Then, when the outcome isn't perfect, they belly up to the money trough for compensation. Sad state of affairs.
Subject: Conn. Med/Mal Without Caps
And the old "pain and suffering" needs to be re-evaluated. Money doesn't make people feel any better nor heal quicker. Everything in life is an assumption of some risk. Medical release/consent forms acknowlege this and people willingly sign them to get the treatment they need. Then, when the outcome isn't perfect, they belly up to the money trough for compensation. Sad state of affairs.