Is the US the only country in the world that has a for profit Health Care System? (states, support)

[Mach50]

Originally Posted by oz in SC

Found this spiffy little website to see what the various specialties get paid:

Physician Salaries

OBGYN 184045 to 350455 wow.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by ParkTwain

A big problem among the medical profession is the ineffective QUALITY CONTROL scheme in place today. If the profession could make more clear to its members what are the proper standards of practice, there would be a lot less of a fuzzy basis for initiating lawsuits for malpractice. The doctors need to make their quality practices more transparent. Traditional doctors were accustomed to having a great deal of discretion in performing their services. That eventually got them into trouble in a world with so many lawyers.

Have you ever called a licensing agency to check out your doctor (or other professional)? If not, why not.

Some of the transparency you ask for is already there

[KerrTown]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Have you ever called a licensing agency to check out your doctor (or other professional)? If not, why not.

Some of the transparency you ask for is already there

So how come the hospitals don't have to release the infection information? MRSA is a big scare right now.

[bily4]

Originally Posted by Mach50

OBGYN 184045 to 350455 wow.

And people wonder why medical students do not want to be family doctors anymore and why there is going to be an emerging crisis as America continues to age, with no primary care physicinas to attend them.

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by KerrTown

So how come the hospitals don't have to release the infection information? MRSA is a big scare right now.

The "infection information"? I am not sure what you are saying

I do know that I can check out my doctor and find out if there have been complaints etc against them -

[Yeledaf]

Originally Posted by Mach50

OBGYN 184045 to 350455 wow.

They do have substantial overhead, however....

UMHS Press Release: Ob/gyn supply threatened by malpractice insurance costs (http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2005/obgyn.htm - broken link)

[Mach50]

Originally Posted by Yeledaf

They do have substantial overhead, however....

UMHS Press Release: Ob/gyn supply threatened by malpractice insurance costs (http://www.med.umich.edu/opm/newspage/2005/obgyn.htm - broken link)

And don't you think that makes this whole health care system very flawed?

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by Mach50

And don't you think that makes this whole health care system very flawed?

No - I think the malpractice lawsuits (punitive damage awards) is flawed. This can be EASILY fixed -

You don't have to change (read throw out) the Health care (read insurance) system

[ParkTwain]

Originally Posted by Greatday

Have you ever called a licensing agency to check out your doctor (or other professional)? If not, why not.

Some of the transparency you ask for is already there

Obviously it's not sufficient to deter loads of malpractice lawsuits. My college roommate is now a physician, doing mostly internal med for geriatric patients. He told me he is sued an average of 3 times per year. Yes, that is a problem. But why is it that the manner in which he makes his decisions in his delivery of care are subject to so much dispute?

[Greatday]

Originally Posted by ParkTwain

Obviously it's not sufficient to deter loads of malpractice lawsuits. My college roommate is now a physician, doing mostly internal med for geriatric patients. He told me he is sued an average of 3 times per year. Yes, that is a problem. But why is it that the manner in which he makes his decisions in his delivery of care are subject to so much dispute?

Lawsuits are not the problem (per se). Judgments are.