Quote Originally Posted by rickschoppers View Post
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There are lots of figures if you take the time to research it. I am not going to give you any since you can do the math yourself. Protective medicine costs the US health care systems a lot of money. How do you think that money gets paid back? For every diagnosis, thousands are spent protecting a physician from possible litigation. If you know anything about healthcare in the US, you don't need to ask such rediculous questions.
It seems you're the one being ridiculous - Malpractice litigation, while significant, is not the prime driver of US healthcare costs as you claim.

Health care costs - US v. other countries
Notably, the total impact of malpractice expenses as a percentage of US health care costs was less than 0.5%. That does not factor in defensive medicine - but even the highest estimate of the excess costs resulting from defensive medicine adds but 9% to our total costs - not enough to explain the difference in total costs between the US and other OECD countries.
New evidence shows limiting malpractice liability could cut health care spending by 0.5 percent, CBO says
So while there is now clear evidence that limiting malpractice liability can save money, it’s not nearly as much as some proponents have claimed.