One of the worst things about malpractice law suits is that such legal proceedings are generally brought supposedly to ensure bad doctors and hospitals pay for their misdeeds, so they do not harm other patients. At least that is what the good folks and attorneys who bring these lawsuits say.

Trouble is that as most of these suits are settled out of Court, the settlements normally call for non-disclosure of the particulars of the lawsuits in the media anywhere. Thus the institutions and professionals whose behavior has supposedly been faulty get away, unscathed, and are able to make their next victim, for the public is ill informed about past doctor and hospital malpractice history. Sure, their malpractice insurance premiums will go up, but then all they do is keep raising their fees until only Bill Gates is able to pay for healhdon’tcare in this country.

Any serious discussion about healthcare that does not deal with the medical malpractice industry is not serious at all. That is for sure.