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Originally Posted by drakers
No, I believe no law has been passed or should be passed. This law that conservatives are trying to pull through the house and senate is bullshate, it is just trying to protect doctors that really screwed up. Do we really want those doctors working, I don't want any doctor that prevented someone from living or accidentally killed them to be practicing medicine (no matter what their intentions were). We put ourselves in doctors hands because we believe they can help make us feel better, but some people just shouldn't be allowed to do that anymore.
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Just to try to get some facts straight, the law being considered (if it has passed, I haven't seen it) is to cap pain and suffering payments at $250k. That has worked well in California.
The amount doesn't much matter to a health care professional, because in almost all cases, it's going to be the insurance company that pays it.
However, large judgements are why OB-GYNs pay $120k a year in insurance premiums. I heard, but can not verify, that some neurosurgeons pay $265k. Also, it's by no means a new development that many OBs have decided to be only GYNs.
Awhile back, Kutulu was upset at what it cost for his wife to have a baby. The above is the reason.