On 30-9-2009 23:14, Neeum Zawan wrote:
> On 09/30/09 15:34, andrel wrote:
>> One of the reasons for their high earnings (at least as given by some us
>> physicians that I know) is that they have to be able to pay a) the
>> mal-practice insurance and b) the mal-practice law suits.
> 
>     It's often claimed as the reason, but studies indicate that they 
> barely affect health care costs:

As far as I can see from a quick scanning of these documents they don't 
do that. Even if you can criticise a study that does not imply that the 
opposite conclusion must therefore be true.


> http://www.factcheck.org/president_uses_dubious_statistics_on_costs_of.html
> 
> http://www.cbo.gov/doc.cfm?index=4968&type=0
> 
> http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/71xx/doc7174/04-28-MedicalMalpractice.pdf
> 
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