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Originally Posted by tony404
Actually lawsuits are very very small percentage of health care cost.
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Regarding malpractice in Canada:
http://www.cma.ca/index.cfm?ci_id=10035209&la_id=1
"there is little doubt Canadian physicians are in a far more comfortable position than their American colleagues. For instance, insurance fees for Canadian doctors have increased by about 12% in the last three to four years, and most physicians are insulated against them via their collective agreements with provincial and territorial governments. (In Canada, CMPA fees and the size of fee increases vary according to which of three CMPA regions physicians practise in.)
In the US the story is much different, with states such as Florida, Texas and New York witnessing fee increases of 30% to 50% between 2001 and 2002.
"Many high-risk specialists such as obstetricians and neurosurgeons now pay annual fees of more than US$100,000, which is leading some of these doctors to leave practice," the CHSRF concluded."