I haven't been in law school for a year, and I'm already getting guff from doctors and medical students about malpractice suits. Sure, the whole "ambulance chaser" thing is an old joke that has spread far and wide (even to my parents) but the folks in aggrevied professions seem to recite the usual lines with an unusual bite, as if I'm making their lives harder simply by sitting in Property class.
So, about that medical malpractice crisis? It's over and done with - part of a larger trend of more expensive commercial insurance and an inability to get bad doctors out of the system. (For more information, see The Medical Malpractice Myth)
Now, about that bruise - did you get that slipping on ice in front of the public library?
That's an interesting take on the medical malpractice issue, but in avaraging premiums across all types of physicianship (which is the only way possible to come up with a graphic like that) you lose the understanding that a fair portion of the "evening out" comes from a change in the composition of new crops of medical students. Claims against GPs are still through the roof, such that enrollment into GP programs is almost a full 30% lower today than it was in 2000, dumped in favor of the safer ground of becoming a higher-earning specialist. (I still don't say this outweighs commercial property or other insurance fiascos).
Yeah, but aren't there other reaons why there are fewer GPs and more specialists coming out of med schools?