Health Care..what do you think?

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Originally Posted by goof2

Yes and yes, but there are a lot more barriers for someone who wants to sue in Canada resulting in fewer suits, the trials are more often in front of judges rather than juries, plaintiffs win less often, average judgments are a fraction of what they are here, pain and suffering damages are capped in Canada, and Canadian doctors typically pay 10% or less of what malpractice insurance costs here.

The other factor is because Canadian doctors don't concern themselves with lawsuits as much they supposedly practice less defensive medicine. While lawsuits account for less than 1% of the cost of healthcare in America some estimates say defensive medicine accounts for 10% or more of America's healthcare costs (in 05 Medicare's administrator told Congress it was 9%).

By defensive medicine, do you mean fewer tests to cover their ass?

Do you feel that the docs in Canada can make better judgments w/o the fear of litigation hanging over them?

I understand less frivolous lawsuits, but does it make it harder to prove that a doctor is a quack, or does your medical community have a board that takes complaints and yanks a bad doc out of the system?