Letter: Juries are cause of doctor crisis

Monday, June 17, 2002 | 10:23 a.m.

More important, at the moment, is that lawsuits are big money makers for the kind of people advertising on TV that they can "get you what you deserve" (without mentioning they're going to take nearly half of it).

We are in a medical crisis that ought to worry anyone who needs, or might need, a doctor. The problem, of course, is malpractice insurance rates, which are rising 300 percent and more, causing some doctors to leave the state, others to increase their patient load, refuse Medicare or HMO patients and, for some OB/GYNs, to refuse even former patients who become pregnant.

The major problem, juries, are making instant millionaires of people and their attorneys.

GEORGE APPLETON

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