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Medical malpractice - insurers are darn lucky!

A thoroughly excellent synopsis of the med mal insurance industry's good fortune reveals that the number of suits filed is a small fraction of those that could be filed, and likely won.

According to Jason Shafrin;

"Less than 3% of people who receive negligent physician care actually sue."

So, could politicians, physicians, and misguided health care economists please stop whining about med mal? It could be a whole lot worse.

Posted by on April 17, 2006 2:27 PM |

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