Health Care insurance- is it really that important

[Zkribbler]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
If someone loses their leg because of doctor malpractice, they deserve all the money they can get.

But does this seem fair when, if you lose both legs, you're not permitted to sue at all? Why not?? --Because you don't have a leg to stand on.

[Sandman]

Government control all the way. For healthcare, it's extremely efficient.

[Q Classic]

So you'd trade the use of your leg for a million dollars? No? Then why say that the price of a negligently amputated leg should be capped at, say $500,000? How much is a leg worth? If someone loses their leg because of doctor malpractice, they deserve all the money they can get.

because i don't want my good doctor, who's never made a mistake, unable to practice his craft because he can't afford the premiums which were driven up by doctor jacknut over there, who got his medical degree at a third-rate school, botched an operation pretty badly.

in short, unless there's some other way of making sure doctors aren't run out of the state because of insurance premiums, that's the only solution i can think of.

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btw, imran, isn't there some sort of conflict of interest here? you're going to be a lawyer, so you'd profit heftily if you were the one suing...

[David Floyd]

Its the same kind of law as it being illegal to commit suicide.

Oh, right, a silly law. But I didn't need the suicide comparison to tell you that.