Reply #13: it depends

[liberal_at_heart]

It usually all depends on the motivation. If a doctor is motivated to doing good then they will find ways of doing good. Like not peddling certain prescriptions just because they get a good deal on them from a pharm sales person. Like not overbooking patients and only spending 15 minutes with each patient just so they can make more money. Like volunteering for free down at a free clinic every once in a while. I think the problem comes when doctors are motivated by the wrong things like wanting a $150,000 car or a $3 million home. I do believe that doctors do face a problem with the insurance companies charging them too much for malpractice insurance. I don't think the answer to that is to cap how much someone can win in a malpractice lawsuit. I think just like everybody else in the country right now the insurance companies are gouging doctors and taking on insurance companies that charge too much is something we as an entire country have to do.