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Re: The Medical Malpractice Myth From: R. Daniel Braun (rd.braun@gmail.com) Tue Dec 20 11:17:54 2005 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: I'm asking for advice..." Previous message: ainsron: "Re: Second degree tears, was Episiotomy/laceration breakdown" In reply to: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: The Medical Malpractice Myth" Next in thread: igold@cox.net: "Re: The Medical Malpractice Myth" Here in Indiana where the premiums are about the lowest in the nation, OB's pay around $40,000 per year and then make a significant contribution to the States "Patient's Compensation Fund" On 12/19/05, Anna Meenan, MD <annam@uic.edu> wrote: > > >From the article linked below: > > "There were nearly 900,000 doctors in the United States in 2003. That > means that medical malpractice insurance premiums were about $12,000 per > doctor, and of course hospitals, dentists, and other health-care > professionals buy malpractice insurance, too. So the average premium > doctors paid was less." > > I tend to doubt the veracity af these statistics. He's saying this is > the average premium WITHOUT including hospitals, dentists, etc in the > denominator. I am finding this very difficult to believe. My premium > is just about that for family medicine WITHOUT OB, much higher if I do > OB. Family medicine has one of the lowest premiums, and just about > everybody is more, some MUCH more (10X or more). > > Anna Meenan, MD > > At Sun, 18 Dec 2005, Don Miller wrote: > > > >Excerpt from the book > > > >http://www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/036480.html > > > >-- > >Donald W. Miller, Jr., MD, FACOG > >eNATAL, LLC > >http://www.eNATAL.com > > > -- R. Daniel Braun Kinky for Governor Next message: R. Daniel Braun: "Re: I'm asking for advice..." Previous message: ainsron: "Re: Second degree tears, was Episiotomy/laceration breakdown" In reply to: Anna Meenan, MD: "Re: The Medical Malpractice Myth" Next in thread: igold@cox.net: "Re: The Medical Malpractice Myth"

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