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Originally posted by nostatic
the U.S. ought to take steps that place limits on the liability of providers.
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My life is only worth $225,000 per state law (Michigan), how cheep do you want me to get? I mean a doctor could outright kill me and his insurance company only shells out enough to .................oh never mind, we all have to die sometime.
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LIMITS ON DAMAGE AWARDS
1986 (Mich. Comp. Laws 600.1483) Noneconomic damages in medical malpractice actions limited to $225,000 unless there has been a death, intentional tort, foreign object wrongfully left in body, injury to reproductive system, fraudulent concealment of injury by health care provider, limb or organ wrongfully removed and patient has lost a vital bodily function. The limit on noneconomic damages shall be increased each year by the increase in the consumer price index.