Thrasher's bill would limit awards under medical malpractice lawsuits -Fla.

The doctor at the nursing home, did not read the patient's chart. He prescribed for the elderly woman a med, that she was allergic to. She had a serious reaction, which led to an early and painful death.

A surgeon in Tampa cut-off the wrong leg.

A surgeon took four hours to report to surgery for a patient in crises.

An ER doctor mis-diagnosed a patient that returned 24 hrs. later, near death.

A caretaker failed to give the correct meds to a patient after knee-replacement surgery.

Who wins, who loses? In round one, it is usually the patient.

The elderly as they become ill or need surgery and in the worst case scenario, pass away from poor medical decisions are the main losers in this bill. As their families will never be able to take those doctors, etc to court for malpractice if the case warrants the need to do so. The state has eliminated any recourse on the part of the family, to sue the doctor for malpractice in many cases, now.

Any doctor with any degree from any country practicing in America, can move to Florida and take up the practice of treating patients. Without a stick by which to protect the patients from poor treatment practices, there is very little hope for good care.

Hospitals are interested in profit margins to please the investors with. Don't rock the boat and hope for fair play, when the cards are stacked against the family, after the state decides the doctors are going to win no matter what kind of care they give to a patient.

A hospital in Orlando, LOST the patient's diseased organ. After surgery, the organ just "got lost". It was never sent to a lab. The patient has no idea as to "what " the diagnosis might have been or what his prognosis is, now.

The lawyer made a phone call, and the patient was awarded 50k. Over thirty percent of that claim goes to the lawyer for a fee. Then, add in the lawyer's costs and the patient did not do very well. He loses...the hospital keeps on doing as they did before, and the lawyer made a quick buck.

Yeh, to the system!....And, the patient be damned.

Elder-care facilities are practicing the same policy of capping any responsibility to a patient for negligance or abuse. The system is a free-fall program of a policy of anything goes w/o any liability as to lack-of-care for the patients.