On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:03:26 -0400, Jim Higgins
<gordian238@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
>This is how the developed world does it, why do we refuse to even come
>reasonably close to this level of care? Why are we the *only* country in
>the industrialized world where you can go medically bankrupt? :

Because we insist on the ability to file a lawsuit for anything that
goes wrong (not possible in most countries) and we allow preditory
class action lawsuits that simply gain lawyers a really, really big
bank account. Reform the tort system, eliminate all class-action
lawsuits, eliminate and cap fees paid to lawyers, and all of a sudden
you'll find that health costs drop by at least 50%.

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