Michael Moore's Latest Target: Your HMO

[dmek25]

Originally Posted by Hog1

Joe, you bring up another component to the problem. The "allowable", ridiculous, out of control, lawsuits that can be filed. The medical community is strapped with the burden of defending, and paying gigantic awards. Seriously driving up the cost of healthcare

i disagree with this. with the kind of outrageous money the people in the medical field make, if they screw me up, i want paid. no, it wont make me better. but it might make them think twice about operating on my left leg, when the problems in my right leg.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by dmek25

i disagree with this. with the kind of outrageous money the people in the medical field make, if they screw me up, i want paid. no, it wont make me better. but it might make them think twice about operating on my left leg, when the problems in my right leg.

There's the misconception. For the most part DRs don't make that much more relative to the barriers to entry than do most average college graduates. Unless they specialize, lots of training, then they are getting paid pretty well but not the King's ransom that lots of people want to believe. Once you factor in liability insurance most doctors aren't making anything near outrageous money.

[Sheriff Gonna Getcha]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

There's the misconception. For the most part DRs don't make that much more relative to the barriers to entry than do most average college graduates. Unless they specialize, lots of training, then they are getting paid pretty well but not the King's ransom that lots of people want to believe. Once you factor in liability insurance most doctors aren't making anything near outrageous money.

Lawsuits against OBGYNs have gotten a lot of press and they tend to make massive amounts of duckets.

[Hog1]

Originally Posted by dmek25

i disagree with this. with the kind of outrageous money the people in the medical field make, if they screw me up, i want paid. no, it wont make me better. but it might make them think twice about operating on my left leg, when the problems in my right leg.

Yah, I hear you D.
The deal for me is the amounts put on this type of thing and the legitimacy of same. If I'm your patient, and you mess me up, there needs to be some sort of calc for deriving a reasonable solution. I don't know for sure, but I don't think that exists today.
Granted, it blows when something happens to someone you care about in a negligent manner. There should be punitive action of some kind taken against the doc. There should be some kind of compensation to the victim or their family, depending on the severity. In this case, I think reason has left the building.
I don;t think doc's in general don't make the scratch they used to. At least I think they have to hussle a lot more to get it. Be part of a group referring to there own specialists, therapists, testing facilities, etc.
I was part of a business bringing up a small group of doc's for cosmetic stuff a few years ago, and I was shocked. We quit taking most ins, as we could not get anything for our services. I'm not saying doc's are not living pretty good, but ai don't think most of them enjoy the wealth many people think.
The system needs to be stripped down and start over. it is killing itself