Malpractice suits are brought over 3x as often in the US as in Canada, and malpractice insurance can cost more than an order of magnitude more.
However, in the US there is a much greater incentive to sue. About 21% of malpractice suits that pay out, pay out over $1,000,000. Something that elsewhere would merely net you enough to handle the medical fallout, in the US nets you a lottery jackpot. Because the money on the line is so high it incentives both layers and plaintiffs to aggressively maximize the payout. Like so many other aspects of the US health system, other countries do it better.
* All claims were the results of a few minutes of research on Google, I would be interested in learning of evidence that contradicts my claims.
However, in the US there is a much greater incentive to sue. About 21% of malpractice suits that pay out, pay out over $1,000,000. Something that elsewhere would merely net you enough to handle the medical fallout, in the US nets you a lottery jackpot. Because the money on the line is so high it incentives both layers and plaintiffs to aggressively maximize the payout. Like so many other aspects of the US health system, other countries do it better.
* All claims were the results of a few minutes of research on Google, I would be interested in learning of evidence that contradicts my claims.