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On 2018-02-16, J  Clarke <jclarke...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

Some years ago, obs and gynie here, (.ie) was 200,000. and it was
rumored that private practices simply did not have it, get sued, 
go bankrupt.

Story i heard heard recently, but supposed to have occured much
before, doctor who qualified somewhere in Africa, was looking at an
x-ray. said to the nurse, "There is something very wrong with this
ankle." Nurse: "Thats because the x-ray is of an elbow"


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