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Originally Posted by Timber Loftis
There's a saying about letting the perfect be the enemy of the good. Legislation is compromise. Not doing anything is the worst thing here.
This "turkey" does that. In fact it does it first and foremost, and that's one part that hasn't been up for much debate.
I have mixed feelings on this one. Capping tort claims means that the people who are the most egregiously injured by botched operations are the ones who pay the price.
There are better options.
- First off, doctors could quit screwing up. I mean, this actually is an option. If ignernt-assed hospitals didn't require 18 and 24 hour shifts of their residents, it would help. The whole system is set up to make their job much higher stress than it should be.
- Doctors and patients should be allowed to enter into an agreement and mutually buy insurance policies to protect patients going into surgery in the event of mishaps. These would be specific policies just for the specific surgeries/procedures. This would certainly be a cheaper alternative than the crazy medmal premiums.
I wish. I just bought some antibiotics for my son. He has an ear infection and resisted a round of amoxocillin. So we had to step up to the next whatever pill they go to. The meds were $49. I handed him my copay card. All my meds cost me either $7 (generic) or $15 (name brand). $7 for this generic drug. 1/7th the cost to someone with no insurance. Ridiculous. I'm in favor of very strict price controls like Canada has on drugs -- it's not like the drug companies don't sell their wares in Canada, they do. So they obviously would sell for less if they were forced.
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ahhhh spoken like a good lawyer we don't cause high costs... ohh about those billable hours..... well let's not worry about that right now shall we? Now tell me how you were mistreated.
But what this turkey has besides the three things that are the only things needed is.... wait .... wait for it.... ahh yes it's going to bring in lots of money to the gov't.... taxes and more taxes oh they call them fines, or penalties.... then we got the regulations massive massive regulations. Between you and me TL I hope you get all you want and more including Cap and trade, just load it up with Gov't and taxes it will only hasten the inevitable... I always wanted to be a warlord
