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Why do we need lawyers?
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Why do we need lawyers? Last week I compared veterinary care with health care for humans, based on cost and quality. Several readers pointed out a big factor in the high cost of human care that I neglected to mention: lawyers. True enough. Very few dogs choose to retain counsel. And there's no doubt that lawsuits add billions of dollars - probably tens of billions - to the cost of our medical care. The question is what we get in return for all the money we're forced to spend on the legal system. A lawyer friend of mine has had several children. Each time he and his wife are blessed with a pregnancy, they make every effort to prevent the OB-GYN from learning that he is a lawyer. The reason: They don't want the doctor to run unnecessary tests and procedures, some of which carry their own risks, in order to...
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