[Jim W N]

Why is Dr. Friedman not addressing another "catastrophic" reason for the unraveling of affordable medical care: the '60's & 70's legal/judicial philosophy change to essentially no standard required to prove personal risk or responsibility, leading to out-of-control multimillion-dollar malpractice lawsuit awards, which skyrocketed medical insurance premiums and in turn, hospital and doctor fees? This is when I saw the huge turning point in this whole medical cost issue that led quickly to the affordability crisis we continue to face.

[John Lenin]

90% of politicians are lawyers, the fix is in ...