Comments on: Special Health Courts http://www.medrants.com/archives/2246 Internal medicine, American health care, and especially medical education Sat, 11 Feb 2012 15:15:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Andrew Axsom http://www.medrants.com/archives/2246/comment-page-1#comment-105881 Andrew Axsom Tue, 03 Jan 2006 15:05:52 +0000 http://medrants.com/archives/2005/01/21/special-health-courts/#comment-105881 The modern idea of Health Courts is actually rather absurd. The essential question to ask is, "Why?". The Common Good Institute is quick to say that our surrent system is broken and unpredictable but would be hard-pressed to actually point to specific examples where, as they love to say, "justice miscarried". "Frivolous lawsuits", "Unpredictable justice", etc., etc. The claims go on and on. But from all of the research I have done I have yet to see a single example of a frivolous lawsuit in the area of medical malpractice. Listen folks, juries are not that stupid. The media wants everyone to think that juries are stupid, but the fact is that the jurors are common people that hear these rumors about frivolous lawsuits and so when they are selected to be on the jury in a medical malpractice lawsuit they are going to be sure that it has merit. Look at the issues for yourselves, research the problems. Public policy should not be based of off urban myths and rumors. We need to base out policies on hard facts and the facts simply do not back up the claims of the Common Good Institute and the Health Court Lobby. The modern idea of Health Courts is actually rather absurd. The essential question to ask is, “Why?”. The Common Good Institute is quick to say that our surrent system is broken and unpredictable but would be hard-pressed to actually point to specific examples where, as they love to say, “justice miscarried”.

“Frivolous lawsuits”, “Unpredictable justice”, etc., etc. The claims go on and on. But from all of the research I have done I have yet to see a single example of a frivolous lawsuit in the area of medical malpractice.

Listen folks, juries are not that stupid. The media wants everyone to think that juries are stupid, but the fact is that the jurors are common people that hear these rumors about frivolous lawsuits and so when they are selected to be on the jury in a medical malpractice lawsuit they are going to be sure that it has merit.

Look at the issues for yourselves, research the problems. Public policy should not be based of off urban myths and rumors. We need to base out policies on hard facts and the facts simply do not back up the claims of the Common Good Institute and the Health Court Lobby.

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