If they REALLY wanted more affordable health care…
If Obama and the democrats REALLY wanted more affordable health care for you and me, they’d be proposing “tort reform.”
This would limit the huge awards for medical malpractice suits that have doctors paying huge malpractice insurance premiums and practicing “defensive medicine.”
Doctors often order unnecessary tests to defend against malpractice suits that could arise in the future. This costs us all in much higher medical insurance premiums. Texas has capped the huge payouts for malpractice and our state is one of the ones in which doctors aren’t leaving or retiring early because of high premiums and high risks. Similar laws accross the nation would save a ton of money.
Why isn’t tort reform mentioned as part of “health care reform?” The democrats are indebted to the trial lawyer lobby. Trial lawyers make billions from frivolous lawsuits and contribute heavily to democrats. At a recent town hall for Rep. Jim Moran (Dem), Howard Dean actually told the truth. Here’s exactly what he said.