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In response to "Not bad on their own, with the possible exception of tort reform." by con_carne

honestly, if republicans want tort reform (which they have for a decade) why cannot they compromise

Posted by tRuMaN (aka Truman) Sep 10 '09, 12:20

on some sort of public option? even if it is drastically limited to certain income limits, and has to be renewed yearly and checks income (against the irs records).

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Silly, because the public option is pure concentrated evil -- nm - con_carne Sep 10, 12:26 1
- no, that's my argument against ass-reaming uninsured healthcare patients with direct costs, driving them to bankruptcy. - Beryllium Sep 10, 12:28
If only the GOP had been in control of the House and Senate for some time in the past decade to pass that. - BB Sep 10, 12:24 1
- they tried, but couldnt get enough votes in the senate to block a fillibuster on it. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 10, 12:28
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- Higher malpractice rates for insurance has absolutely nothing to do with ins companies playing the market and losing. - BB Sep 10, 12:25
- yes. plus defensive medicine where doctors feel pressured to order additional unnecessary services to protect against litigation. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 12:24 11
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    - no. and the indication last night was that it would not be widespread, but on a state-by-state demo level. - TFox Sep 10, 12:28 6
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        It was an authorization of CMS to build demonstration programs around it, for Medicare/Medicaid, I assume. - TFox Sep 10, 12:33
      - here is one case study, from right here. -- nm - tRuMaN Sep 10, 12:29 3
        
        sfek, sorry. - tRuMaN Sep 10, 12:30 2
        
        the cases brought against Kansas ERs grew exponentially? i don't fully follow. sorry. -- nm - TFox Sep 10, 12:31 1
        
        no, the ERs in kansas hospital increased in size/staff while those in missouri - tRuMaN Sep 10, 12:33
    - no, but the argument before now has been to cap the amount of damages which can be awarded for most malpractive suits. - tRuMaN Sep 10, 12:28
    - I think it's mostly in the form of capped damages. -- nm - pmb Sep 10, 12:27 1
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