NJ Doctor's Crisis

[lesliepear]

NJ doctors are "striking" this week due to the cost of malpractice insurance in the state:

Here are some article on it:

http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkzJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MzM2NDIx

http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkyJmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MzM2Njky

(Dr. Poole operated on DH for a hernia a few years ago, but at a different hospital).

http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk1JmZnYmVsN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXk2MzM2MDM2

http://www.bergen.com/page.php?qstr=eXJpcnk3ZjcxN2Y3dnFlZUVFeXkxNCZmZ2JlbDdmN3ZxZWVFRXl5NjMzNjE5Nw==

Comments

[cjsmith.livejournal.com]

My guess is that this is the tip of the iceberg. Health care costs more than is affordable. If we put the entire GDP into health care we still couldn't give the absolute best treatment to everyone.

Some day we'll have to face this dilemma. It'll be really, really ugly.