tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851395.post1024634095753949473..comments2023-09-09T11:56:04.929-07:00Comments on Pascal Fervor: PSB Day 9 - Where is Tort Reformed Healthcare?Pascalhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851395.post-18331320438182102172010-01-30T13:31:59.364-08:002010-01-30T13:31:59.364-08:00There's a multitude of reasons why the status ...There's a multitude of reasons why the status quo continues Doc, and part of that is policy. The status quo would permit many unsavory things to happen, and one of them is to propel the government take-over of heathcare.<br /><br />Oh, and I am not denying the venal is very important: we know "the love of money is near the root of all evil," but there are other human types that are wearing sheep's clothing, and they really are the worst and have their hand in all this too. I'm posting this now only because I didn't want to think I forgot you. Gestate this for now, and see if you conjure up other plausible reasons for the intractability.Pascalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00303025432356543062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8851395.post-38214920444229351122010-01-30T06:50:25.669-08:002010-01-30T06:50:25.669-08:00This is the Whistleblower responding. I thank you...This is the Whistleblower responding. I thank you for taking the time to review some of the blog. I know the medical liablity system up close and personal. Not only have I been sued repeatedly, but my father and borother-in-law attorneys sue doctors. All cases against me were properly dismissed, but each one affects me.<br /><br />The majority of physicians ensnared in the system are innocent. Billions of $ are wasted on defensive medicine. Most importanly, the vast majority of patients who are true victims of medical negligence are never captured by the system. The above points are not my editorial rants; they are facts. How can we defend or maintain a system that performs so poorly and costs so much? <br /><br />I don't think this is an Ivory Tower issue. I think we have a corrupt system that our elected folks in D.C. want to maintain for self-serving reasons, not for a philosophical belief that the status quo is just.<br /><br />www.MDWhistleblower.blogspot.comMichael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.com