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Sea:

Precisely. However, the right to go after a Doctor or Hospital that, through negligence, causes injury or death must still be there. One element of the equation is whether the insurers are not ovecharging their clients. There is very little control over the rates charged, and many physicians with no complaints against them still pay the same rates as the less competent individuals. If one eliminates or drastically reduces the right to sue, we run the risk of accepting less then the best of care since certain service providers will simply hide behind the knowledge that victims or survivors will not bother bringing the perps to task. As it is, there is no good data concerning what percentage of affected patients actually submit a compaint or institute legal action. Some are simply put off by the percentage that an attorney will take (generally 40% plus out of pocket expenses and the knowledge that if the case goes to trial and the complainant loses, the defending party can sue for reimbursement of court costs).

I recommend everyone seeking medical service to go to the website of their state Medical Board, enter in the prospective service providers name and find out what, if any, complaints have been made, whether the individual is board certified (some are not) and whether the individual has had a license revoked by another state.