You can always trust the news right? They'll give you the straight dope and you don't need to apply a critical filter questioning the source. No?
Funny thing happened today. I was on my way home this morning (ironically from the doctor) when I hear a story on the radio about how people concerned about the quality of medicine should be worried about living in Washington because in a new study just released Washington ranked 44th in terms of number of doctors disciplined. This apparenlty is largely because of some quirks in the laws here that required a higher burden of proof, etc. etc. You can feel good about going to Alaska where malpractice is taken seriously and they're at the top of the list of this survey.
Fast forward an hour or two and I had the news on while I was doing some work. Lo and behold I was quite surprised to learn that we should all be feeling pretty good because a new study was out and it turns out that Washington ranked 44th in the nation in terms of doctors disciplined for malpractice - a list where you obviously want to be near the bottom.
Huh.