Re: Tort Reform
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Mon Aug 9 10:45:14 2004
among trial lawyers, insurance companies, physicians, and avarice of the
general public, there's more than enough blame to spread around ....
just my opinion ... i could be wrong.
art
At Mon, 9 Aug 2004, Richard Chudacoff, MD wrote:
>
>If we put a cap on what lawyers and healthcare executives can make, we would
>see a drop in prices in those areas, too. Same with bakers, tailors and
>candlestick makers. True, some physicians exploit the system, but they did
>not create the system. The legislator, whom I am betting is also a lawyer,
>is sending you off on the wrong trail, kemosabe.
>
>--
>Richard Chudacoff, MD
>
>A countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats.
>
>Benjamin Franklin
>
>Heaven grant that the burden you carry may have as easy an exit as it had an
>entrance.
>[Prayer To A Pregnant Woman]
>-Desiderius Erasmus
>-----Original Message-----
>From: ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net [mailto:ob-gyn-l@obgyn.net] On Behalf Of Armando
>Fuentes
>Sent: Monday, August 09, 2004 9:12 AM
>To: Multiple recipients of list OB-GYN-L
>Subject: Tort Reform
>
>I am somewhat saddened and amused about all of the discussion on tort reform
>from a national and state level. I have been very active in Florida on tort
>reform and several weeks ago I had a very interesting discussion with a
>legislative aide. He outlined the problem very succinctly.
>The problem are the physicians themselves!!!!
>Trial attorneys cannot win cases on their own, they rely on medical experts.
>We physicians will testify against another physician for a price.
>We advertise on their legal journals!
>
>Physicians make a great living on expert testimony and reviwing charts!
>
>Rarely will you EVER find an attorney to testify against another attorney.
>
>His solution was not to place a cap on non economic damages, place a cap on
>how much an expert can make from a medical malpractice case. If we placed a
>cap of $300 of expert testimony, you will see a SIGNIFICANT drop in Med Mal
>cases!
>
>What a very interesting idea.........
>
>Armando Fuentes
>Director,
>Maternal Fetal Center
>Winter Park, FL.
>
--
art fougner, md
ich bin ein New Yorker
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