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Originally Posted by ASU2003
Does it address the medical liability insurance costs and the large legal settlements in medical malpractice lawsuits?
It kind of sounds like car insurance currently, but is subsidized based on income.
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I'm not really sure what health insurance for patients and medical malpractice insurance for doctors have to do with each other, but currently all doctors practicing in the US are required to carry insurance by their respective states. There are some very rare exceptions, but it's pretty much a universal. As far as health insurance goes, liability for anything is pretty much irrelevant.
I think that the car insurance analogy is very appropriate, but I think that I should also point out that there are a lot of people who either let their car insurance lapse or never buy it in the first place. I wonder how the system is going to deal with similar circumstances.