PeterD 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%.
>
>> ...

Straight from Rush's anal aperture, step right up ...!