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    From c186282@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jul 16 03:19:04 2025
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.health, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    Various stories on UK media over the past week :

    A UK doc who moved to the USA spoke of the US system
    as being quite 'chaotic' and with schedules she said
    would literally cause a 'riot' in the UK.

    Kinda true there.

    She also noted that US docs vastly over-use
    CT scans, subjecting patients to a LOT of
    radiation. Saw that personally a little more
    than a year ago. The contrast dye was interesting
    however, a giant wave of 'heat'.

    What she didn't entirely get is the extremely
    litigious aspect of the privatized US system.

    In short, lawyers are circling like sharks all
    the time, looking for ANY tiny flaw. The good
    ones can extract many millions over the tiniest
    possible issue. Juries can almost always be
    persuaded to render HUGE verdicts. Drives costs
    through the roof.

    As a result, docs HAVE to over-test, cover
    their asses six ways to Sunday.

    Now, if you keep any track of UK news, there
    are weekly, or more, horror stories of docs
    totally MISSING deadly conditions. People
    ARE dying in droves. Their NHS is is a serious
    state of decomposition and is NOT going to get
    any better. LOADS dying horribly, warehoused
    on gurneys in hallways for days/weeks. NASTY.

    So ... while the comments of the UK doc are
    interesting, it's clear she doesn't get the
    Big Picture or either USA or UK medicine.

    IMHO ... and it's not the greatest thing ... it
    is time to put some hard limits/rules on the
    "malpractice" lawsuits. A few would get screwed,
    but the bulk would see much smaller bills and
    the lawyers would have to get jobs at Starbucks.

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  • From Mitchell Holman@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Wed Jul 16 13:06:37 2025
    XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.health, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh

    c186282 <[email protected]> wrote in news:17Ccnf9TVdz0z- [email protected]:

    Various stories on UK media over the past week :

    A UK doc who moved to the USA spoke of the US system
    as being quite 'chaotic' and with schedules she said
    would literally cause a 'riot' in the UK.

    Kinda true there.

    She also noted that US docs vastly over-use
    CT scans, subjecting patients to a LOT of
    radiation. Saw that personally a little more
    than a year ago. The contrast dye was interesting
    however, a giant wave of 'heat'.

    What she didn't entirely get is the extremely
    litigious aspect of the privatized US system.

    In short, lawyers are circling like sharks all
    the time, looking for ANY tiny flaw. The good
    ones can extract many millions over the tiniest
    possible issue. Juries can almost always be
    persuaded to render HUGE verdicts. Drives costs
    through the roof.


    Not anymore.

    Most states have "tort reform"
    laws that cap all damage awards at
    fixed amount.


    https://www.millerandzois.com/medical-malpractice/maryland-medical- malpractice-cap/malpractice-damage-caps/

    https://www.mcminnlaw.com/blog/what-are-damage-caps-in-texas-law/

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