http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/24/better-health-care/ Summum nec metuas diem, nec optes - Marcus Valerius Martialis Tue, 02 Aug 2011 22:27:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/24/better-health-care/comment-page-1/#comment-67355 Huatou Tue, 25 Sep 2007 06:40:39 +0000 http://bluecrabboulevard.com/2007/09/24/better-health-care/#comment-67355 It seems to me that the place to begin a health care reform would be to set limits on malpractice liability -- you know, back to the "eye for and eye..." model -- compensation for the damage, but not for "mental anguish" or all the other malarkey that lawyers inject into claims. I don't know what my son-in-law pays for malpractice insurance, but I bet it's a LOT, and such necessities drive up costs all around. It seems to me that the place to begin a health care reform would be to set limits on malpractice liability — you know, back to the “eye for and eye…” model — compensation for the damage, but not for “mental anguish” or all the other malarkey that lawyers inject into claims. I don’t know what my son-in-law pays for malpractice insurance, but I bet it’s a LOT, and such necessities drive up costs all around.

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