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:

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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