If they are tired of the constant stress and fear of being sued even when providing standard of care, and if they find the long hours and utter dedication to their profession are no longer worth the declining compensation, then they have the right to walk away from that profession and seek something else.

More and more are doing just that.

And if they seek to improve their plight before they abandon the calling of their lives, they have that right as well.

To accuse them of engaging in “medical terrorism” is a rhetorical flourish worthy of a blogging terrorist.

I enjoyed listening to him speak about what has to be the very near future, and also to his remarks at the end.

If you didn’t see the program it’s worth the hour. Denis Cortese, M.D. is President and CEO of Mayo Clinic and makes a strong case for how to approach having a health care system that actually works in the US.

http://www.c-spanarchives.org/library/index.php?main_page=product_video_info&products_id=204497-1

Dr. Denis Cortese talked about the problems with the current health care system in America and how it should be overhauled. He talked about the different components that make up a functioning health care system, what the goals of that system should be, and how they can be achieved. Following his prepared remarks he answered questions from members of the audience.
National Press Club – Luncheon Speech

Fraud vitiates everything — Including sovereign immunity and the defense of state secrets….

“Although they have been refused in the “ordinary” fraud and deceit case ( Oehlhof v. Solomon, 73 App. Div. 329, 334, supra), we are persuaded that, on the basis of analogy, reason [**499] and principle, there may be a recovery of exemplary damages in fraud and deceit actions where the fraud, aimed at the public generally, is gross and involves high moral culpability. And this court has — in line with what appears to be the weight of authority (see, e.g., Bell v. Preferred Life Soc., 320 U.S. 238; Day v. Woodworth, 13 How. [54 U.S.] 363, 371; Greene v. Keithley, 86 F. 2d 238, 241; Laughlin v. Hopkinson, 292 Ill. 80; Whitehead v. Allen, 63 N. M. 63; Saberton v. Greenwald, 146 Ohio St. 414; Craig v. Spitzer Motors, 109 Ohio App. 376; Ann., 165 A. L. R. 614) — sanctioned an award of such damages in a fraud and deceit case where the defendant’s conduct evinced a high degree of moral turpitude and demonstrated such wanton dishonesty as to imply a criminal indifference to civil obligations. (See Kujek v. Goldman, 150 N. Y. 176, supra; see, also, Hamilton v. Third Ave. R. R. Co., 53 N. Y. 25, 28, supra.)

Walker v. Sheldon, 12 A D 2d 456, New York, (1961)

[i]Walker v. Sheldon[/i], 12 A D 2d 456; (1961)

If only the party being sued were the punished party – our current system would be fine. The fact is though, there are significant industries that have been built on the backs of the American working public. Just check out the living Trail Lawyers, Inc makes out of Medical Malpractice. So as the article points out … insurance companies are complicit, however predatory legal practitioners have been partners in this death spiral of reason and good-will.