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Study Reports Medical Malpractice Payouts Rise Only 4%; Doctors Go to Cap States

National News • June 1, 2005
Contrary to popular belief, growth in malpractice payments was consistent with increases in health care spending between 1991 and 2003. In fact, payments grew only 4 percent per year during that ...

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Subject: Very Leaky Boat

Posted On: June 1, 2005, 12:52 pm CDT
Posted By: Natty Bumppo
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This study totally ignores the fact that the cost of settlements has been driven through the roof by the sky high awards in the few cases that do get tried and result in verdicts for the plaintiffs. This is all too typical of most all studies re medical malpractice. They tend to be flawed if only because they lack data about the payouts in 96% of all cases, ie the ones that are settled short of trial. NB
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Med Mal Study Chuck Marlin
Jun 9, 2005, 10:10 am
Attys are like: agent
Jun 6, 2005, 2:58 pm
Flaws LLCJ
Jun 6, 2005, 2:03 pm
RE: missing the boat Jared
Jun 1, 2005, 1:27 pm
Very Leaky Boat Natty Bumppo
Jun 1, 2005, 12:52 pm
missing the boat compman
Jun 1, 2005, 12:07 pm
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