that might work. I started to disagree with you above, my point being that while astronomical lawsuits make a good yarn, they are the exception as far as I can see, I know that when I was hurt in a car accident the settlement I finally got (like four years later!) did not cover my actual costs, let alone the economic losses and continuing injury. Sure, I could have held out for more, but was not in a position to do so.
If such situations were alleviated by proper medical care at the time, tort reform might actually be workable. I don't see it as the root of all evil though the way some insurance companies do. Insurance companies should just pay their claims, is my thought. In the accident discussed above, I was a passenger in a car that carried full coverage. State Farm was unquestionably responsible foor my medical bills but did not begin to even think about them until I sued. On Sat, May 16, 2009 at 12:50 AM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > > Here's a thought I just had. As a means of trying to tackle both at > once, lets couple healthcare reform with tort reform. A single payer > health care system with strong reforms on malpractice lawsuits. It > wouldn't cure all the product liability lawsuits out there, but it > would be good start. Lets get rid of the "death by spreadsheet" > insurance industry, give doctors breathing room on malpractice > insurance and try to make some inroads in the culture of "sue when > things aren't perfect". > > Judah > > On Tue, May 12, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Scott Stroz <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I don;t see any other way than to tackle both at once. Shakespeare >> knew a great way too...'first, kill all the lawyers' > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:297223 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
