You go to a city you've never been to before and get into a cab. The fares listed next to the meter are the highest you've ever seen. "Why are cab fares so high?" you ask the driver. "Because", he says, "we have so many costly accidents and resulting lawsuits that our insurance is expensive and it increases the fares."
"Are you doing anything to reduce the accidents?" you ask. "No.", he says, "We're trying to make it harder for people to sue us."
Similarly, doctors complain that malpractice insurance is too expensive and lawsuits should be limited. There seems to be no recognition that they need to reduce medical accidents, which will only be possible when the medical profession turns its attention to accident prevention instead of so-called "malpractice reform".
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