Government interference in health care is a direct cause of this crisis - and, of course, trial lawyers who make it their business to enrich themselves to the tune of multi-million dollar settlements when a medical outcome is not to a patient's liking. Certainly there are incompetent physicians that must be penalized and even kicked out of the profession. But the majority of suits are initiated by patients who see doctors as an easy mark and more often than not, a physician's insurance company will settle even a bogus suit rather than pursue the matter in court.
Exactly. Escalating medical costs are not caused by doctors. It is caused by tort lawyers. If we want to reform health care, the first place to start is reforming government intrusion in health care and reforming tort. Throw out these lawsuits and penalize those who file them, or we could take The Bard's advice, "The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers."
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