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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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| RE: missing the boat | Jared | Jun 1, 2005, 1:27 pm |
| Very Leaky Boat | Natty Bumppo | Jun 1, 2005, 12:52 pm |
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Subject: Flaws
Lawsuits take years to settle. The vast majority of those suits settled between 1991 and 2002 were probably filed between 1985 and 1996. Settlements for more recent cases will tell a far different tale.
Flaw #2:
Health care costs aren't a good measure of comparison, since malpractice costs are implicitly included in healthcare costs.
Flaw #3:
Capped states aren't distinguished from non capped states.