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We DON’T NEED anything called a Republican Health Plan.

We need a couple of specifically aimed bills, which will actually help eliminate the costs of health care.

Tort reform should be number one. It would not only slice back the insurance costs for doctors and practices, but it would cut the Democrats’ largest source of campaign contributions—donations from crooked tort lawyers.

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Tort reform should be number one. It would not only slice back the insurance costs for doctors and practices, but it would cut the Democrats’ largest source of campaign contributions—donations from crooked tort lawyers.

Yes, that's the way to go, if we really want to do this right.

Caps on damages, ceilings on attorneys' fees, and enforced remittitur.

The days of spilling hot coffee on one's lap and collecting six figures needs to end. Damages awards against hospitals and doctors that make one an instant millionaire need to be curtailed, thus lowering insurance premiums across the board. The steps that follow doing that will be remarkably easier to implement.