I will not argue this.

As a paramedic, I had to carry malpractice insurance to cover myself during calls.

Just so you know, I was paid 8.00 per hour as a medic. Can you imagine the cost of the malpractice insurance to my income level?

That that I can believe depending on who you asked. The question probably needs to be posed to the Hospital Administrator.

Yes indeed, but no longer needing "emergency" care. That is what emergency rooms at hospitals are intended for.... Emergencies.

I concur. The problem would be getting folks to agree on the legal definition of frivilous.

It may not be the sole solution obviously but you agree it will help it is absolutely wrong to treat some of the best minds we have this way.

Now i know you don't like Rush much but he made a pretty good point the other day (I happened to catch the interview he did on Fox). Approx. 47 million uninsured for various reasons. Some of those people simply cannot afford coverage.

He stated that something like 30 billion could cover the most needy of these. Now that is a lot of money but when you consider the cost of all the bailouts and stimuli, it doesn't really seem that big a number does it?

I just think govt needs to stay out of it as far as controlling it and running it and dictating who gets what.

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True but something like a doctor amputating the wrong limb could definitely be considered a serious offense and malpractice. I dunno the line but I think doctors have a pretty good idea how to define it.

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Maybe, maybe not.

Google United Healthcare.

Their profits are going through the roof. They charged double digit premium increases on top of it. The salaries they paid the board are just unreal. If they were reasonable, maybe the premium increase would have been more realistic.

My own policy went up 18 percent. I am seriously considering the cancellation of the policy.

I have gotten quotes raising it from a 3,000 deductible to 5,000 and it just does not save much. It is all they offer.

I have even got a quote for just a Catastrophic policy and it does not lower it much because of the high deductible I already have.

I have not seen a doctor in over 3 years other than for a DOT physical.

I think we all ready have that at lest we do here. My state gives healthcare to the needy and it good healthcare it better then the ins. I have.

I agree the insurance companies hold a great deal of the blame. Now I am pro biz and pro profit but it can't be denied that many insurance co's do nothing short of ripping off their customers. But the suits that are awarded by juries are something the govt can control. that is where government can come in and do some good.

Cut out the cash cow and insurance co's would be forced to lower premiums as the market would demand so. What you do is not easy. My childhood friends' sister is a paramedic and she has told me it is very stressful and that lawsuits can be a big issue even when you do the best you can.

My brother is a high ranking fireman and has also told me some stories about what you guys go through. It's tough and it's sad that ya'll have to put up with all kinds of BS just to do your jobs.

I also want to point out that there are REAL and TRUE malpractice suits and those doctors and medical personnel that make serious mistakes, need to be corrected and in some cases, put out of biz. So I don't come at this angle thinking that all lawsuits are BS because many aren't.

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Thats what the government is for regulation it not running it. They sat around for years taking the lobbyist money not changing anything And I am talking both sides now they want to run it?

That ain't what Obama Care is advocating. They are proposing to RUN it.