I have friend in Czech republic. Local hospital (or butchery as she called it) screw up routine procedure, so she gave birth in 7th month and can not have more babies.
On damages she would get around $10.000, perhaps 5x more if she is celebrity with connections. That is not much money even in here, house costs usually around $100.000.
I think US will have to give up right to sue in medical care. If you count expenses customers will still get better care. The amount you save on lawyers could go towards better care. And if doctors screws up, you will have good medical system to fix most damages, rather then going to court with some theoretical chances.
And what could prevent bad doctors? Make gross neglect minor criminal offense. Doctor could go to jail for couple of weeks and loose its license. If enforced this would filter out bad doctors pretty quickly. And it could also force real safety practices such as recording procedures and operation check lists.
On damages she would get around $10.000, perhaps 5x more if she is celebrity with connections. That is not much money even in here, house costs usually around $100.000.
I think US will have to give up right to sue in medical care. If you count expenses customers will still get better care. The amount you save on lawyers could go towards better care. And if doctors screws up, you will have good medical system to fix most damages, rather then going to court with some theoretical chances.
And what could prevent bad doctors? Make gross neglect minor criminal offense. Doctor could go to jail for couple of weeks and loose its license. If enforced this would filter out bad doctors pretty quickly. And it could also force real safety practices such as recording procedures and operation check lists.