Fox Business ran a story tonight about rising malpractice premiums in New York. Dr. Lisa Eng pays over $200,000 a year, and she's been sued three times (all three cases dismissed and/or not guilty). Dr. Ezriel Kornel pays over $220,000 a year, and receives at least a dozen job offers from other states each week. He stated that every doctor in New York, on average, is sued twice every five years.
The bottom line? Doctors are leaving the litigious state, many are working part time, and others are leaving the profession. Many others will also leave, since the State of New York is seriously considering a $50,000 surcharge on every doctor in the state. Madness. Root cause? Government controls 80 cents of every health care dollar, highly-paid insurance lobbyists with government officials in their pockets, and judges and juries paying out big bucks to people to get those bad, mean doctors who drive Mercedes.
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