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Medical Malpractice Lawsuits - A debate on the costs of defensive medicine.

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Are Medical Malpractice lawsuits destroying the medical system? Or are they necessary to keep doctors honest and accountable? A debate between Dr. Jeffrey Siegel, founder & CEO of Medical Justice and Alan Ripka, a medical malpractice attorney & senior partner at Napoli, Bern, Ripka, LLP. Medical malpractice litigation costs only 1% of total medical expenditures. However, the AMA estimates defensive medicine procedures, ordered to shield from potential lawsuits, costs $151 billion a year. A debate over the merits.

August 6, 2009 broadcast.

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  • @laurenkattuah What the hell is this supposed to mean? You sound extremely ignorant. Did you even understand what they were talking about?

  • @sniped101 that is what i was saying !!!!

  • @laurenkattuah wrong. doctors aren't the big money makers here. the insurance companies are the ones making the big money.

  • IT NEEDS TO BE TITLED "ARE DOCTORS KILLING THE HEATH CARE SYSTEM?" - NOW THAT WOULD BE A BIG YES....

  • the guy on the left has a "guilty" conscience. You can feel it.

  • malpractice is everywhere, not just in america. Being a socialist country or capitalist has nothing to do with a doctor FAILING TO TREAT, NEGLECTING TO DETERMINE, MISDIAGNOSING, OVER-OPERATING, "PRACTICING ON PATIENTS" the list goes on and on. These Quacks are NOT GOD. They are fallible people.

  • its not costing "Us" anything...it costs the Malpractice Quack's insurance company. The guy on the left is crazy ! 1 in every 5 people is catastrophically injured from a doctor. No one wants a doctor like that "practicing" in the field. Strip his license. Take his license away immediately !! 

  • Yeah, guy on the right wins these sorts of arguments every time. Defensive medicine is here to stay.

    This wouldn't be a problem without third party payors. If patients wanted to pay for every test available regardless then that's all fine. If the patient want to skip a $2000 test because the likelihood of it being informative is low but not impossible, then it is a negotiation between the patient and the doctor.

    The Dr. on the left didn't argue his position well. It's not about blood draws

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