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Re: free, huh, was Bitcoin confusion?

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From: J. Clarke
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 02:25
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On Thu, 15 Feb 2018 16:02:44 -0000 (UTC), John Levine
<jo...@taugh.com> wrote:

>In article <PM0005654...@aca43d2b.ipt.aol.com>,
>jmfbahciv  <See....@aol.com> wrote:
>>> If they want to be.  There is no one going around holding a gun to the
>>> partners' heads and telling them "sell or else".
>>
>>Yes, there is.  It's called lawsuit insurance.  the premiums are so high,
>>and increasing, that it's too expensive for a small practice.
>
>I would be most interested to see documentation of this rather extreme claim.
>
>I'm aware that some specialties like obstetrics have lawsuit problems,
>but other than that it's more a political talking point than a real
>problem.

<https://www.cunninghamgroupins.com/historic-medical-malpractice-insurance-rates/>
will give you historical rates for several specialties and a wide
range of locations.  In CT it can run from 35,000 a year or so up to
around 170,000.
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