Doctors say that their biggest expense is Malpractice Insurance costing them between $150,000 - $250,000 dollars each year. When you do some research on the matter you will find out why. The statistics show that between 100,000 – 195,000 people die from preventable medical malpractices in US hospitals each year. With this kind of knowledge you would think the government would go after the medical community NO – NO – NO they went after the insurance companies and got “Tort Reform” to lower insurance costs 30-40%, results from this move – health care costs continues to rise.

Now take a look at this issue and look at what the Federal Government did to insure your safety.
Statistically speaking approximately 4,000 people die in accidents involving a commercial vehicle such as a tractor trailer each year, and consequently truck drivers have had to carry log books showing their work hours, miles driven, off duty time, on duty time and are required a physical every two years. If that wasn't enough you have weigh stations to go through you can be pulled over at any time anywhere to have your truck inspected and it doesn't matter if your truck had been gone over by an inspection officer an hour ago. Truck drivers are limited by Federal Law that states they can't work more than 8 hours a day, 10 if there is bad weather or they were held up by an accident and not more than 70 hours in 8 days.

What did the Federal Government or our President do - or what are they planning to do to ensure your safety in a hospital - well "Nothing" healthcare workers including doctors have no such restrictions, no Federal Laws restricting them, in fact it is only “recommended” by the ACGME that duty hours not exceed more than 16 hours and take at least a 5 hour sleep period if they are going to be working a 30 hour shift. These things haven't been mentioned and no Federal Restrictions have even been considered.

It is being construed and the focus of the problem has been pointed at everything else but the real problem issues at hand, and Americans are being led down a road of disception and misdirection that we all are going to end up paying for. In order to reduce costs, you have to look at all the expenses that you have and the reason that you have those costs in order to provide any kind of solution.