Just One Question. Why Doesn't Obama's Healthcare Bill Confront Lawyers? (health care, Congress)

[Yooperkat]

Just One Question. Why Doesn't Obama's Healthcare Bill Confront Lawyers?


Tort reform? Hmmmm....

Why don't Democrats want to offend lawyers?


Could it be because lawyers contribute millions of dollars to left wing agendas?

Maybe to make more money?

Instead of being concerned about the poor children?


Does Barack's health bill really have merit?


Most of Americans would say it doesn't.

[LauraC]

This is why no tort reform:

Obama McCain Donor Occupation Analysis

Law.com - Big D.C. Law Firms Put Their Money on Obama

Law.com - N.Y. Attorneys Dig Deep to Help Pay for Obama's Inauguration

Stop-Obama » Lawyers and Lobbyists contribute $13,456,386 to Obama

TaxProf Blog: Law Prof Presidential Campaign Contributions: 95% to Obama, 5% to McCain

[Smash255]

According to a CBO report in 2005, the issue over malpractice accounted for less than 1% of health care costs. Also Tort reform does not address the underlying issue of malpractice, which are false claims. All tort reform does is cap the amounts, including capping the amounts of legit malpractice cases.

[GreenGene]

Originally Posted by Yooperkat

Just One Question. Why Doesn't Obama's Healthcare Bill Confront Lawyers?

Without getting into the merits of tort reform (I suspect that, just as with being able to buy health insurance across states lines, tort reform wouldn't mean the kind of savings that people assume it would), there is no Obama healthcare bill. There are several bills in the House and Senate.

CNN has learned that the White House is quietly talking about drafting formal health care legislation after allowing Congress to work on its own for months.

CNN Political Ticker: All politics, all the time Blog Archive - Sources: White House considers drafting health care bill « - Blogs from CNN.com

[texdav]

The trail lawyers are the biggest contributor to the demcratic party and have been for a long time.