Tort reform puts a cap on the level of compensation a family may receive from medical malpractice.
Infants receive brain damage because of the negligence of the others leaving that child in the care of others for the rest of his life.
If families have a good case don't they deserve the money they receive from a malpractice law suit?
Mike
most likly the media
da.yooper57
First look up tort reform then when you find out what it really is ask a question that is not so foolish.
Progressive
Because most tort lawyers are Democrats who give a LOT of money to the Democratic party
YooperInVegas
Because tort reform doesn't limit the amount that can be rewarded for future medical expenses due to malpractice. It limits punitive damages instead, which are the damages that make shysters rich. So there are people arguing against tort reform. They're called lawyers.
zzsleepur
They are called republicans and the democrats wont' listen to it. THEY have TRIED...but the stupid libs won't even consider it.
Truthsayer
I have never heard of tort reform proposal that prevents victims from getting pay-outs. The tort reforms proposed and adopted by certain states (e.g. Texas) attempt to cut down on frivolous law-suits, like
spilling coffee on one's crotch and sitting in the hot coffee for ten minutes then suing McDonald's.
Brown9500v1
Mainly because it is unconstitutional.
[The Bill of Rights: A Transcription]
[Amendment VII]
[In Suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.]
cbjack
The democrats are in charge. And the fat cat lawyers already bought them off with bribes.
There is no reform in the health care reform bill. Just corporate welfare and a huge power grab by the Marxists.
nuke_ben_laden
If we can put a "value" on things like the amount of electronic gear the electric company destroys surging thier product thru your lines why can't we put a fair cap on the value of a human life? 1 mill max, 2, 5 whatever, put a $ $ $ cap on it so it puts a window around the maximum outlay and insurance rates will fall along with corresponding health care premiums. Toss in products liability reform and now you have a path to lower health care premiums.
Never happen as long as lawyers rule the roost. Both parties are fed by this beast the Ds more than the Rs.
The Patriot
They are. Tort reform is used by the right as a way of appearing reasonable while they sabotage the reforms. Mind you, the reforms will result in lower malpractice payments. At present, the payouts are high as they have to pay for the costs of on going healthcare. As (un)insurance companies refuse to cover pre-existing conditions, the costs have to be high. If the insurance companies are forced to cover pre-existing conditions, then the payouts will fall in price, which means that overall health costs will fall as well.
I do not understand why so many Americans have fallen for lies about healthcare in the USA, abroad and also the planned reforms [1]. I mean, if the healthcare system in the USA is so good, why have no other nations taken it up? Could it be due to the following facts?
FACT - the USA spends more on healthcare PER PERSON than any other nation on the planet [2].
FACT - the US has higher death rates for kids under five than western European countries with universal health coverage [3].
Or if the US healthcare system is run so well, why not run the fire service like the healthcare system? [4]
Maybe that is because in the USA, insurance companies push up costs, buy politicians and refuse to pay claims that people pay for [5]. (Look up Wendell Potter on YouTube to hear more if the link below is too long.)
Obama wants to make insurance cheaper, stop insurance companies from refusing health coverage to those with pre-existing conditions, and make sure they pay out when they are meant to [6], a system similar to that which works in Taiwan [7]. He debated this before he was elected [8].
Is it right that a dead American four year old would have had a better chance of life if they were born in Canada, Cuba, Germany and so many other industrialised nations with universal healthcare?
If you think my arguments are wrong, e-mail me with proof. But if you can not, let Obama try to help America. If he fails, vote him out in 2012.
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