PIAA continues to ask for patient devaluation

The Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) rattles their sabre to continue the devaluation of the lives of the patient populace. The link is here .

"According to the PIAA Data Sharing Project, a claims data base of more than 200,000 claims and the largest of its kind in the United States, the average indemnity payment for a medical malpractice claim has grown 127.5% to $317,239 and the average cost to defend a medical malpractice claim through verdict has grown 103.3% to $100,214 over the last 15 years. In addition, since 1990, the percentage of paid claims at or above $1 million has increased fourfold."

Of course they fail to mention that most cases never see the light of day in a court of law and for the few that do make it to trial, the brainwashed medical worshipping jury pool is more than likely to excuse the malpractice of the provider. Interestingly, they fail to mention the cost to society and ill-gained wealth generated for allopaths secondary to their participation as junk science causation proponents in personal injury cases.

"The PIAA has long advocated the expeditious payment of meritorious claims, to include full compensation of actual damages. The PIAA also advocates for payment of up to $250,000 for injured patients' pain and suffering, among other tort reform measures, in order to arrest soaring medical malpractice premiums and to provide the industry with much needed financial stability."

What this group is advocating is more special treatment for physicians - treatment that is not available to any other group engaged in the course and scope of their business practice. Not surprisingly, when it comes to personal injury cases in which physicians prostitute themselves for financial gain, there are no calls for "tort reform" or "damage caps." The paradigm of the role of the physician as a profiteer vs. defendant is glaring. It is also instructive to think about this in the following manner: If you have children, are elderly and are on a fixed income or are a stay at home mother... how is life valued? Is life, in this case, only worth 250K? That is what these "tort reform" measures explicitly state. An incompetent surgeon, allowed to continue practice by his/her cronies on his/her State Medical Board, botches a surgery resulting in the death of a CEO (under these capped guidelines) and is liable for millions. The same incompetent kills your child and is only liable for 250K for your pain and suffering.