Lawyers are blood thirsty knaves, judges are fools, doctors are quacks,
its a nice day go drive your spridget and leave this crap to ed's list
Larry
Already had a 30 min drive to the train this am (and it is only 2
miles ;-)
On May 4, 2006, at 10:02 AM, Lester Ewing wrote:
> Ok,
>
> the one reason to live in Louisiana is that it's a big deal to get
> malpractice cases settled for those exhorbitant amounts. There is
> a system in place that requires the patient to go through a medical
> peer review and then they can sue and then the max amount is
> limited by law.
>
> umm.. and don't forget, insurance companies don't EVER lower their
> rates. They will always find a reason to raise them.
>
> MOST IMPORTANTLY.. INSURANCE COMPANIES ARE NOT HERE TO HELP
> ANYONE. THEY ARE HERE TO EARN A REUTRN FOR THIER SHAREHOLDERS.
> They do this by making it difficult to process claims, and using
> any excuse to not pay what they should. If lots of money is
> involved, expect the need for an attorney to get the insurance
> company to pay the money that they agreed to pay by contract.
>
> Lester
>
> .. who deals with those SOB's day in and day out..
>
>
> On May 4, 2006, at 7:46 AM, Larry Daniels wrote:
>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "David Lieb" <dbl@chicagolandmgclub.com>
>>
>>
>>> Malpractice insurance premiums account for about 2% of medical
>>> costs.
>>> Limiting those costs will make a difference of less than 1/2 of
>>> 1%. Big
>>> deal.
>>
>> And that must be why more and more doctors are moving out of
>> Illinois to
>> Wisconsin so that they can afford the insurance.
>>
>> ==================================
>>
>> The malpractice caps in WI are 50% higher than Illinois.
>>
>> Any other really great arguments?
>
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