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Originally Posted by Vendzilla
Tort reform is needed more than you think, it's the driving force in the rising cost of simple doctor visits, they have to run every test there is when one or two is all thats needed to keep from being sued.
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You must have skipped over The Demon's post >>
http://makethemaccountable.com/myth/...eInsurance.htm
Doctors run every test so that they can bill for it, period... you can keep buying into that lie if you want. My mother has been a nurse for 38 years and my sister is a PA... they both told me that they are specifically instructed to run as many tests as the patient allows so that they can bill for it. Tort costs are a much smaller "driving force" than student loan costs for doctors. The average doctor owes $300-400K when they finish school. The government charges 8.5% average interest on those loans and the typical student loan company charges 15%+. When you add loan payments + malpractice insurance premiums + continuing education, etc, etc... this is the driving force behind cost at the doctors office... not tort claims.