Posted on 08/06/2009 6:12:29 PM PDT by Shellybenoit
...strangely, tort reform is not part of any of the Democratic party bills revising the United States health care system.
[Obama] told the American Medical Association that he is "not advocating caps on malpractice awards." Even though they might significantly lower medical costs, Obama said he believes caps "can be unfair to people who've been wrongfully harmed."
That might very be the real reason, but there is a major question-mark that arises when you look at the campaign contributions from the 2008 presidential election....
If you look at the latest Federal Election Commission (released 7/13/09), you see that President Obama received the most cash from Lawyers/Law Firms (more than $43 million) almost 3x more than the number two candidate Hillary Clinton ($15 million), John McCain was number three he received less than a 4th of the Obama money ($9.9 million) ...
(Excerpt) Read more at yidwithlid.blogspot.com ...
Surprise, surprise....not.
[Obama] told the American Medical Association that he is “not advocating caps on malpractice awards.” Even though they might significantly lower medical costs, Obama said he believes caps “can be unfair to people who’ve been wrongfully harmed.”
Well, PLUS...there would be no more opportunities for lawyers to channel injured little girls and taking 10 million dolls off the top of the settlements...
I’ve long sung this battle....my issue is why the GOP is not hitting this as hard as the rats are hitting the insurance companies....
My feeling is - you can’t sue the government. Tort reform is a non-issue if you are providing health care from the government.
good post thanks
So there's absolutely no limit to the amount of money they should get?
The lawyers own him.
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