On Thu, 27 Aug 2009 13:47:30 -0400, PeterD <peter2@hipson.net> wrote:

>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%.
>
>>...


no you won't. They would only drop by 1.5%.

http://washingtonindependent.com/555...lth-care-costs