New Reason for the High Malpractice Costs: Lawyers are Douchebags

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Moral of the story, hospitals are having their malpractice costs drop because, instead of taking the advice of their lawyers and deny everything, they acknowledge when they fuck up and apologize for it, as well as providing reasonable compensation for the fact that someone just took out the wrong organ. Proof that being a human being can sometimes be profitable.
Post edited by Questor at 5/22/2008 8:19:40 AM

Now all we need is insurance companies to start allowing treatment that their clients paid for, then the utopia will be complete.
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Originally posted by: the wierdo
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Moral of the story, hospitals are having their malpractice costs drop because, instead of taking the advice of their lawyers and deny everything, they acknowledge when they fuck up and apologize for it, as well as providing reasonable compensation for the fact that someone just took out the wrong organ. Proof that being a human being can sometimes be profitable.

John Edwards must have gotten fired!

Originally posted by: Buzzed
Now all we need is insurance companies to start allowing treatment that their clients paid for, then the utopia will be complete.

dude, baby jesus would weep tears of joy.

did you know Judas ran the first insurance company ever?

he didnt want to pay the premiums so he sold the kitty and folded it all.

About damn time.
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Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
John Edwards must have gotten fired!

I get it, cuz he's a lawyer right?!
God, you're just soo funny!

Originally posted by: ViperX

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
John Edwards must have gotten fired!

I get it, cuz he's a lawyer right?!
God, you're just soo funny!

No John Edwards made a ton of money on malpractice suits.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/07/27/sebok.edwards/index.html

Wednesday, July 28, 2004 Posted: 9:21 AM EDT

Many medical professionals are upset that Sen. John Kerry has selected Senator John Edwards as his running mate. They shouldn't be.

Doctors often view malpractice lawyers as a threat to their profession - a threat so grave it outweighs any other virtues that the Democratic ticket might have. They are thus concerned that Edwards was a trial lawyer - and in particular, a medical malpractice plaintiffs' lawyer - and is supported by trial lawyers. They are also concerned because some of the cases Edwards brought decades ago have turned out, in retrospect, to be meritless.

He's a dirty blood-sucking lawyer.


But he has a nice hair-do

Originally posted by: ViperX

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
John Edwards must have gotten fired!

I get it, cuz he's a lawyer right?!
God, you're just soo funny!

No, because he was a malpractice attorney or didnt you know that? I don't think you did to be honest

This is a policy of running out and getting patients to sign wavers from future suits.

Quickly run at them with an apology and money and get them to sign away future action.

Lawyers will eventually break this policy by saying patients are agreeing to funds before they know the full consequences of their injuries and things will be right back where they are.

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
No, because he was a malpractice attorney or didnt you know that? I don't think you did to be honest

Of course I knew that, it was a huge part of the campaign (positive and negative). But it has fuckall to do with the article, it was a cheap shot for absolutely no reason, hence my comment.

Originally posted by: ViperX

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
No, because he was a malpractice attorney or didnt you know that? I don't think you did to be honest

Of course I knew that, it was a huge part of the campaign (positive and negative). But it has fuckall to do with the article, it was a cheap shot for absolutely no reason, hence my comment.

You take cheap shots at me and others all the time FYI. And its not a cheap shot. It's just fact.

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
You take cheap shots at me and others all the time FYI.

Lie.

And its not a cheap shot. It's just fact.

What, that he's a lawyer?

Originally posted by: ViperX

Originally posted by: ~~Snake~~
You take cheap shots at me and others all the time FYI.

Lie.

And its not a cheap shot. It's just fact.

What, that he's a lawyer?

I know Viper. I just misunderstood the insult out of context