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They kind of do, only their sales pitch is

> don’t worry about your constituents nor breaking the law, just your own self interest.

It really is about time politicians were locked up for their equivalent of malpractices.

>>hnlmor+(OP)
And here I am thinking the threat of malpractice, and malpractice insurance costs, are part of the reason healthcare is so expensive in the USA

>>theore+Od
What happens in other countries when the doctor amputates the wrong leg or operates on the wrong patient? Does the government pay damages arising from malpractice?

>>theore+Od
They are. Those $10M+ lawsuit verdicts get paid one way or another, and everyone is doing unnecessary cover your ass work to be able to not be in the line of fire for that lawsuit.

>>theore+Od
It's a small fraction: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3048809/#:~:text=Ov...

The bigger reason is profit-minded middlemen taking advantage of inelastic demand to jack up prices, a problem that does not exist in other countries.

>>theore+Od
It actually seems like an interesting bit of phrasing.

I think the ad, and you, are talking about malpractice insurance and other documentation to prove that you didn’t do malpractice.

The comment you replied to is actually taking about the underlying act of malpractice.

The first line of defenses against actual malpractice is that professionals are supposed to have some self-respect and standards. But of course our society is structured against professionalism. The insurance company or hospital admin doesn’t care if you are a real professional who does the right things when nobody is looking, that’s too hard quantify.

The ad is offering the opportunity to be a professional.

>>ryandr+vh
In short: in some, yes. In my country, one's private insurance company may pay damages for injuries caused by medical malpractice. This may be included in the home insurance or some health/injury/accident insurance. Otherwise and in addition, you are covered by the provider's malpractice insurance. Private medical providers must have malpractice insurance. There is also a national scheme, regulated by law, that covers all public providers, which in practice would be all the emergency departments etc.

>>hnlmor+(OP)
I think that would lead to even less civilized relationships between politicians and parties. Politicians throwing their rivals into courts and prison is not usually an aspect of a healthy civil society.

>>DiggyJ+IM
Politicians being above the law is not an aspect of a healthy civil society.

Throwing politicians into courts and prison after due legal process for crimes they actually commit is an aspect of a healthy civil society.

If your judicial system is so corrupt that every accusation against a politician is a ruse manufactured by their enemies and no fair trial is possible, then you don't have a healthy civil society either way.

>>DiggyJ+IM
The status quo is clearly demonstrating that accountability is desperately needed.