Comments on: “Thanks for the doctors, New York” https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/thanks-for-the-doctors-new-york/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:03:57 +0000 hourly 1 By: September 12 roundup https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/thanks-for-the-doctors-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-125896 Mon, 12 Sep 2011 20:03:57 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24263#comment-125896 […] Tort Prof; background] Missing the point on the Texas med-mal experience [Coyote, earlier here, here, etc.] A bad sign: Gov. Perry reaches out to Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio [NRO, background] […]

]]> By: MF https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/thanks-for-the-doctors-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-125430 Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:39:16 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24263#comment-125430 The wait is probably even longer. But it’s not because of a line. It’s because NY invariably has a billion different forms to fill out – in triplicate 🙂 – and then the myriad agencies have to process them all.

]]> By: Black Death https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/thanks-for-the-doctors-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-125345 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 18:31:46 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24263#comment-125345 Training physicians is very expensive. Most states want to hang on to them, especially in primary care fields such as OB-GYN. Last time I checked, the waiting time for a doctor to get a medical license in Texas was around a year – you see, they’re kind of backed up, with all the doctors who want to move there (and no state income tax doesn’t hurt either, especially coming from new York). Wonder what the wait is for a New York license?

]]> By: PointOfLaw Forum https://www.overlawyered.com/2011/08/thanks-for-the-doctors-new-york/comment-page-1/#comment-125330 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 12:45:15 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/?p=24263#comment-125330 Texas tort reform could be a 2012 issue…

Disgruntled GOP’er Professor Bainbridge: “If the trial lawyers hate Rick Perry, maybe I should reconsider him.” Perry is putting his tort-reform record front and center, and is the only candidate noting that part of our jobs problem is overlitigatio…

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