The laws of this country that were designed to protect its citizens from unfair prosecution are being blatantly violated by strict interpretation of malpractice law. In matters of lawsuits, a litigant is enabled in the field of medicine to bring medical bills to the jury in order to make claims on these objective damages, but the current law allows the plaintiff to claim these damages regardless of whether or not they have already been paid by the insurance company. In this matter, the defence counsel is not allowed to present evidence to the jury about the status of the damages (whether or not they have been paid by the insurance firms) and the insurance companies are not allowed to be informed that the plaintiff has already collected these damages. Moreover, if a plaintiff is awarded these objective damages due to the jury\'s ignorance on their status, the money collected by the prosecution is tax-free and goes only to line the pockets of greedy lawyers and litigants. Essentially, the law promotes frivolous lawsuits and gives reward to those who clog the court system with fraudulent claims. In order to help protect healthcare providers from this legalized extortion, it is essential that this law be rewritten or repealed.
The legal system is currently rigged to let plaintiffs and greedy lawyers double dip on insurance payouts while healthcare providers get bled dry. I have been spending my time pushing this issue in front of anyone who will listen because the silence from the people in charge is deafening. They want us to stay quiet while they profit from these fraudulent claims but we are not going anywhere.
September 21, 2005
The sheer number of people joining this fight proves that the public is sick of watching our legal system get rigged by greedy lawyers and their fraudulent claims. These parasites are hiding behind archaic rules to drain our healthcare providers dry but the momentum we have built shows they cannot hide forever.
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Dave Mathis
20 years ago
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Fix this now. The legal system is broken when fraud is rewarded like this.
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Mike Cole
20 years ago
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this is total robbery. doctors are being bled dry while these lawyers get fat off the system. stop letting people double dip on insurance payouts.
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Sarah Wade
20 years ago
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My brother is a doctor and he has been sued for no reason. Its unfair that they cant even show the jury the truth about the bills. Sick of these frivolous lawsuits.
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The laws of this country that were designed to protect its citizens from unfair prosecution are being blatantly violated by strict interpretation of malpractice law. In matters of lawsuits, a litigant is enabled in the field of medicine to bring medical bills to the jury in order to make claims on these objective damages, but the current law allows the plaintiff to claim these damages regardless of whether or not they have already been paid by the insurance company. In this matter, the defence counsel is not allowed to present evidence to the jury about the status of the damages (whether or not they have been paid by the insurance firms) and the insurance companies are not allowed to be informed that the plaintiff has already collected these damages. Moreover, if a plaintiff is awarded these objective damages due to the jury\'s ignorance on their status, the money collected by the prosecution is tax-free and goes only to line the pockets of greedy lawyers and litigants. Essentially, the law promotes frivolous lawsuits and gives reward to those who clog the court system with fraudulent claims. In order to help protect healthcare providers from this legalized extortion, it is essential that this law be rewritten or repealed.
The legal system is currently rigged to let plaintiffs and greedy lawyers double dip on insurance payouts while healthcare providers get bled dry. I have been spending my time pushing this issue in front of anyone who will listen because the silence from the people in charge is deafening. They want us to stay quiet while they profit from these fraudulent claims but we are not going anywhere.
September 21, 2005
The sheer number of people joining this fight proves that the public is sick of watching our legal system get rigged by greedy lawyers and their fraudulent claims. These parasites are hiding behind archaic rules to drain our healthcare providers dry but the momentum we have built shows they cannot hide forever.
3 Comments
D
Dave Mathis
20 years ago
Featured
Fix this now. The legal system is broken when fraud is rewarded like this.
M
Mike Cole
20 years ago
Featured
this is total robbery. doctors are being bled dry while these lawyers get fat off the system. stop letting people double dip on insurance payouts.
S
Sarah Wade
20 years ago
Featured
My brother is a doctor and he has been sued for no reason. Its unfair that they cant even show the jury the truth about the bills. Sick of these frivolous lawsuits.
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Fix this now. The legal system is broken when fraud is rewarded like this.