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Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT -- step back a second From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com) Wed Aug 18 07:38:32 2004 Messages sorted by: [ date ][ thread ][ subject ][ author ] Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: State Bill Mandates Maternity Coverage" Previous message: rmodugno@aol.com: "State Bill Mandates Maternity Coverage" In reply to: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT -- step back a second" Next in thread: Larry Glazerman: "Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT -- step back a second" Reply: Larry Glazerman: "Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT -- step back a second" It appears that lawsuits do little to prevent medical errors nor compensate their victims. Moreover, lawsuits have not served to weed out the "bad doctors." art At Wed, 18 Aug 2004, Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C. wrote: > >At Tue, 17 Aug 2004, DoctorJoe@aol.com wrote: >> >>In a message dated 8/17/04 21:09:48, johnprov@sympatico.ca writes: >> >>> most malpractise suites never go to >>> the liesensing board as most physicians would not have been found >>> negligant there.  Its not as bad in >>> all provinces only those with affluence and lots of lawyers.  Basically >>> a malpractise crisis is a sure sign of affluence and lots of lawyers. >>> >>Okay, step back a second. I'm seeing THREE threads of thought here: >> >>1) maloccurance = patient gets some damage. We'd like to have them taken are >>of. If their own insurance can't pay enough, who should? If it's not the >>doctor's fault, who should pay? We the people (i.e. the government)? Who? >> >>2) medical negligence = patient gets some damage because the doctor fell >>below the standard of care. Should it be the DOCTOR be the one (or his insu er, >>actually) to pay for the damage? or not? Should we the people pick up the t b >>even though the doctor did something wrong? (Sure, he may be a good doctor, but >>he slipped up this time.) >> >>3) substandard doctors = bad enough that they should have SOME action aga nst >>their license, because they represent a hazard to the public. (They don't >>actually have to cause some damage - only be a threat.) Where do they fit? And >>if nobody's damaged, what do you pay and to whom?) >> >>Those are the three eschelons of thought I see here, and they're being >>confused. >> >>Joe P. > >Joe the three eschelons are difintely clear in my mind, unfortunetaly to >the lawyers, public and goverment they are not. > >-- > Take care, John > -- art fougner, md ich bin ein New Yorker Next message: Braun, R. Daniel: "Re: State Bill Mandates Maternity Coverage" Previous message: rmodugno@aol.com: "State Bill Mandates Maternity Coverage" In reply to: Dr. John Provatopoulos B.Sc. M.D.C.M. F.R.S.C.: "Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT -- step back a second" Next in thread: Larry Glazerman: "Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT -- step back a second" Reply: Larry Glazerman: "Re: Tort Reform -- NO FAULT -- step back a second"

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