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It is amazing to me that the very folks who want a free market capitalistic solution to our problems are also those who are for tort reform.
The biggest proponents of the free market, Libertarians, think that even environmental problems should be solved by people pressing law suits upon offending companies, and most certainly that some of our medical problems should be addressed in such a manner.
It used to be common knowledge that unnecessary medical testing was due to hospitals telling their associated doctors to order such tests to help pay for the expensive equipment.
Later, it became more 'convenient' to use tort as an excuse for all those tests, but I don't think that's the whole truth because this preponderance of testing started way before tort reform became an issue.
It is amazing to me that the very folks who want a free market capitalistic solution to our problems are also those who are for tort reform.
The biggest proponents of the free market, Libertarians, think that even environmental problems should be solved by people pressing law suits upon offending companies, and most certainly that some of our medical problems should be addressed in such a manner.
It used to be common knowledge that unnecessary medical testing was due to hospitals telling their associated doctors to order such tests to help pay for the expensive equipment.
Later, it became more 'convenient' to use tort as an excuse for all those tests, but I don't think that's the whole truth because this preponderance of testing started way before tort reform became an issue.
I'll take a jury over a lobbyist-congress any day.
Well the trial lawyers have the Democrats in there pocket while the big insurance companies have the Republicans. Neither is good for the American public.
I work in public accounting and our firm spends $300 million on "practice protection" every year as well as having a huge General Counsel department. As far as I am concerned this is wasted and non-productive money and all part of the "lawyers full employment act".
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