> They're continually getting pinched: Tens of thousands for malpractice insurance.
Incidentally, the hospitals' liability cap is several orders of magnitude lower than doctors' in many cases (tens of thousands vs. millions). This makes no sense when you take into account the fact that the hospitals, not the doctors, are often the ones setting policies as to which procedures will or won't be done in response to a different result on a test, etc.
So, the hospitals get to set policies to keep their costs low, shielded by the benefit of a ridiculously low (corporate) liability cap, shifting the liability instead to the doctors who will be performing the operations, at significant (personal) liability and for a significantly lower payment than what the hospitals receive.
Incidentally, the hospitals' liability cap is several orders of magnitude lower than doctors' in many cases (tens of thousands vs. millions). This makes no sense when you take into account the fact that the hospitals, not the doctors, are often the ones setting policies as to which procedures will or won't be done in response to a different result on a test, etc.
So, the hospitals get to set policies to keep their costs low, shielded by the benefit of a ridiculously low (corporate) liability cap, shifting the liability instead to the doctors who will be performing the operations, at significant (personal) liability and for a significantly lower payment than what the hospitals receive.