How is past and future medical care calculated?
If you’re in an accident and have a personal injury case, chances are you were injured. When you’re injured, you usually seek medical care. Medical care costs money. Any money spent or insurance used for medical care you’ve received may be reimbursed to you. The cost of medical care you haven’t received but that has been recommended is the cost of future medical care. Thus, to calculate the value of medical care, you use the cost of what was spent for the medical care that you’ve received (past medicals) and the cost of what you would need to pay for recommended medical care (future medicals). The significance and value of your medical care is what, truly, drives the value of all other damages.
If you’re in an accident and have a personal injury case, chances are you were injured. When you’re injured, you usually seek medical care. Medical care costs money. Any money spent or insurance used for medical care you’ve received may be reimbursed to you. The cost of medical care you haven’t received but that has been recommended is the cost of future medical care. Thus, to calculate the value of medical care, you use the cost of what was spent for the medical care that you’ve received (past medicals) and the cost of what you would need to pay for recommended medical care (future medicals). The significance and value of your medical care is what, truly, drives the value of all other damages.
