Reply #3: Blaming "Competent" Doctors? How about Insurance Companies? [View All]

[KharmaTrain]

Let me say, I agree with a vast amount of what you've written and it's a shame the middle class has been put into near servitutde for the greed of the large corporations. Sadly, people don't relate this issue when they want cheap TVs and instant gratification.

How about looking at the insurance companies that have to make a profit above the welfare of the patient...playing doctor and "god" in many cases...sometimes against the wishes of the doctor; leading to substandard treatment and/or possible lawsuits.

Medical malpractice is a boogie man used by a lot as a reason for escalating medical costs, but that's the end-result of a system based on profit and not public health.

Yes, this is a serious problem, and I've seen how many excellent doctors have been driven from their practice, forced to curtail who they serve or limit their services due to insurance company liability. Also look at that Houston case...it was the insurance company, along with a heartless, chickenshit, hypocritcal Texas governor who passed a law that allows the insurance companies to pull the plug on life support if they find it's not in their economic interests.