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Born and raised in Northern New Jersey and licensed to practice Chiropractic since 1968 (48 years) in Florida and New Jersey, Go to www.drbarbier.com, www.barbierchiropracticoffice.com, www.twitter.com/DrBarbier. Experienced: as an advocate in family law for over 12 years being involved with about 8,000 people by phone, in writing or personally and also as a member of the State of New Jersey Commission on Child Support from 1984-1986; with land surveying for 10 years; with the limosine business for 21 years; and with the promotions,conventions and conference planning business for over 40 year; and as a producer in the theater in the later part of the 1970's. At the present time in the process of writing books :(1) about the legal system;(2) about the fathers' rights movement; (3) about the limousine business; (4) my insights; (5) Chiropractic (6)survival comple . Litigated with lawyers and Pro Se. Over the past 40 years litigated Pro Se in the State and Federal Courts many times on numerous issues. The only place not argued Pro Se is the United States Supreme Court.

Monday, December 27, 2004

The Disease of Malpractice Reform

The approach to resolving the epidemic malpractice problem in the United States is like giving someone a placebo instead of getting to the cause of the problem. To get to the cause of malpractice suits: (1) there should not be a cap on law suites; (2) if a doctor or other professional is sued three times and either settled or found guilty, that person should automatically lose their license and it should be put on a national information bank.. In baseball you have three strikes and your out and in football you have four tries to make ten yards, if you don't, you have to turn the ball over.

If another person violates your body it is considered assault or assault and battery in most states. Therefore why should a medical professional if that medical professional performed other than what he or she was suppose to perform not be considered for the same.

Some doctors and other professionals are constantly getting sued and good doctors and other professionals are having to suffer the consequences financially because of those that are incompetent.

Putting a cap on law suits with no form of consequences to doctors or other professionals who are constantly sued is ludicrous. Putting a cap on law suits and not controlling or monitoring the law suits of incompetent doctors or other professionals will only keep them following their habit as they will not think too much of it because there will be a ceiling on the amount of money their insurance company will be paying on law suits. By putting a cap on law suits we are not increasing the quality of our healthcare or other professions we are decreasing it because we will only be letting incompetent doctors and other professionals continue to practice.

This is my first posting on this issue . There will be others periodically.