I also told the wife when I go I want them to put a keg at the head of the casket at my wake.....so I can treat everybody to one more pop on the way out.

you'd rather them inject you full of embalming fluid?
I'm sure that feels great... :smash:

ezekiel j emanuel - NYTimes.com Search

3 decent articles on how to reform our healthcare system to save $.

Estimated savings of $11billion from reduced malpractice and premiums.

Just realized it is Rahm's brother:err:

A now retired radiologist I sail for was paying about a million in liability per year. Who's making profit again?

I would like an insurance expert to chime in on that one.. Maybe $100,000 a year for liability but I doubt a mil a year that just seams way too high. Even a hundred thou is high. Like I said the hospitals are making money, like all corporations they all cry poor mouth. Don't let the doctors fool you they are making money as well...

this is accurate, OBGYN is 2 million today.

When my fiance was in her clinical rotations, the OBGYN she was working for paid out almost $400k/year just for that one doctor's malpractice insurance.

My source on that is the head of OBGYN at Mt Auburn Hospital. 14 years ago when my son was born he was paying 600K. Now it's at' the 2 mill. number, the hospital is paying the bill

That seems more like the number..

Your wife won't get someone who likes boating the 2nd time around Ron...She's to smart to fall for that again.:rotf2:

I'm with you..filling the tank and trolling east into the sunrise..see ya

And you don't think that it may have some influence on why health care is so expense?

Also, that $400k/year for malpractice insurance is for only one doctor who has been in court a couple of times (as all medical professionals are) and never lost a case. Can you imagine how much the insurance is for a doctor that may have lost a case?

Sounds great! Play "Burn, Baby, Burn" cranked to 11!

Here's a GREAT reason why your healthcare is so expensive.

"“Gray market” suppliers, usually small wholesalers or individuals who closely monitor and react to pharmaceutical trends, are scooping up medications as soon as a shortage becomes apparent then selling back the products to drug distributors, other wholesalers or hospitals at inflated prices that can sometimes top more than 1,000 percent of a drug’s original cost. A 2011 study by Premier Inc., which collects and analyzes clinical and financial data for the health care industry, found that propofol, used for critical care sedation, was selling on the “gray market” at 3,170 percent above its original cost. The cardiology drug Labetalol topped Premier’s “gray market” price list at 4,533 percent above cost. That’s nearly 4,000 percent above the 650 percent average the study says most “gray market” drugs sold for. "

Worcester Telegram & Gazette - telegram.com - 'A frightening situation'

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