“Zurich University Hospital has stopped treating North American ‘medical tourists’, fearing million-dollar claims from litigious patients if operations go wrong. Hospitals in canton Valais have also adopted measures to protect themselves against visitors from the United States, Canada and Britain.” [Swissinfo.ch via Mark Perry and Coyote]
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Rough justice. Why should the Swiss import the American penchant for assuaging personal disappointments via the tort system?
Good for the Swiss. Too f–king bad for the Americans turned away. Maybe they’ll stop electing politicians who let the entire malpractice tort-lottery money grab continue.
And yes, I am an American.
Zurich’s refusal of business puts the lie to the assertion that malpractice litigation is a minor (2%) matter.