[pierrem15]

Don't forget that many physicians pay as high as 50% of their income in malpractice insurance, which they must continue to pay after retirement until the statute of limitations runs out for lawsuits.

I suspect both orthopedic surgeons and cardiologists get such high pay because they pay ungodly malpractice premiums.

In my experience, I've also never run into doctors who work as hard or are as highly skilled as doctors in both groups.

[Buckeye McFrog]

If you are correct than wouldn’t tort reform reduce our health care costs by nearly 50%?