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AMA Labels The Medical Liability System As Awful, Awful, Terrible And God-Awful - Sounds Like Some Doctors I Have Sued
Category: Seeing Clearly Now
The President of the American Medical Association, in an exclusive interview, has announced the results of his analysis of the U.S. medical liability system - awful, awful and terrible.
Interview: An 'awful' tort system, AMA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 1 (UPI) -- In an exclusive interview with United Press International, William Plested III, president of the American Medical Association, says that limits on medical tort "pain and suffering" damages are not enough without comprehensive reform of the medical liability system.Q: Medical tort reform at the federal level failed to pass earlier this year in the Senate. Are limits on medical tort "pain and suffering" damages going to be an issue for each state to decide from now on?
A: That's kind of a sad commentary on our federal government that that hasn't happened, but that's exactly what we're seeing. But the changes (at the state level) that we've seen are temporary fixes. The $250,000 (damages) caps that we've passed in the state of California stabilized (medical malpractice) premiums somewhat, but we still have this awful, awful system. This is a terrible system.
At the end of the exclusive interview, as William reached for one more grenade, he revealed his most damning description - god-awful.
Q: [Ken Suggs, head of the Association of Trial Lawyers of America] said there is no medical malpractice "crisis." Any comment?A: Well, do you want (a crisis)? If the message to American physicians is, this god-awful system will never be changed until you give us a crisis, what do you think we're going to say? We can't beat our heads against the wall trying to protect your ability to get care.
There you have it. A man of science presents his findings.
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Kind of snarky, don't you think? I visited today hoping for a more developed response form you, maybe addressing the idea of medical courts. Strawman falls a little short.
Posted by: M Dyspnea at September 6, 2006 10:49 AM