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Originally Posted by Sweepsplayer
One of the main problems is the huge windfalls from malpractice lawsuits.
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Actually not. Both the number and the value of malpractice awards have been falling for many years.
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Huge malpractice judgments result in huge malpractice insurance premiums for doctors, nurses and hospitals.
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There is no such correlation.
Malpractice premiums have risen because the insurance companies lost bundles of money in the securities markets and are ripping off the providers to make up for their incompetence.
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