am i cynical or does this sound like corporate-financed spin?

[datasuspect]

i dunno, this just don't sound right . . .



EXCERPT:

Maybe docs can just say 'I'm sorry'

February 24, 2005

BY JIM RITTER Health Reporter

State legislators are considering a surprisingly simple solution to the medical malpractice mess.

When doctors and hospitals screw up, they should just say "I'm sorry" and offer prompt compensation.

FULL STORY:

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-sorry24.html

[bryant69]

1. I don't see it myself

Frankly that sounds like the right thing to do. Courts should be a last resort to deal with companies or doctors who screw up and refuse to make amends. A far better solution is for them to admit their mistake and promptly pay for it.

Bryant
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[Goblinmonger]

3. This is the part in the movie

where I do a spit take. I don't see doctors admitting fault nor freely offering compensation. Why do you think there are lawsuits now? If they admitted they were wrong and offered money, people wouldn't sue. Hello. :think:

[bryant69]

8. Thank you for explaining that to me.

Your condescension helped me understand your point better.

But I think the article makes clear that this would be a new program, not a reflection of what is already happening. Not all doctors are assholes--some do make compensation. And this program would apparently encourage more of this type of behaivor.

Bryant
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[datasuspect]

6. i guess

i can't shake the feeling that i was reading an advertorial that was tring to pass itself off as a news piece.

lots of malpractice awards help patients with long term damage caused by a doctor or when a doctor is actually negligent.

[liberal N proud]

2. We (the doctors) cut off the wrong leg, but we are sorry.

Now lets see if we can't get it right this time.
Some times Just Sorry does not cut it.

[Mandate My Ass]

4. Juries tend to be generous with non-compensatory damages

pain and suffering etc. Sounds like they want to limit damage awards to the compensatory kind.

[CrispyQ]

5. Unbelievable! Fucking unbelievable!!

And when the doctor amputates a person's right leg instead of the left leg that needed it, (this happened some years ago) just how will the doctor saying "I'm sorry" help that person? And how much compensation will the doctor be willing to pay? Like in the Erin Brockovitch movie where she asked the company representative, "Just how much is your spine worth? or your uterus?" Sheesh!

Corporate personhood needs to be revoked! It is ruining our country & the planet. Unfortunately, I don't believe this will ever happen.

[datasuspect]

7. this "news story"

at the top of the chicago sun-times' homepage is an advertorial.