Well we agree on something. We now have a lawyer as president. He received huge amounts of campaign contributions from the nation's trial lawyers. Every attempt to limit frivolous lawsuits by law has been squashed in the congress. Some people make a living suing people. The slip in someones store, they sue, they settle, and they do it again.
So there is one giant component that luckily Australia doesn't have in its healthcare system. ************************************************* Barack Obama is not My President http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Geoff Flight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Geoff Flight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: RE: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > To: "'ProFox Email List'" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 3:57 AM > You guys litigate at a rate 100s of times that of the rest > of the world. It > isn't just health - it is everything. It is absurd. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Friday, 21 November 2008 7:21 PM > To: ProFox Email List > Subject: Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > > We talk about health care, but we never address the reasons > we can't afford > health care > > 1. Malpractice insurance costs > > 2. Ambulance chasers like John Edwards > > > If insurance companies only paid malpractice settlements > for real > malpractice, costs would be a whole lot lower. > > > ************************************************* > Barack Obama is not My President > > http://www.cafepress.com/rightwingmike > > > --- On Fri, 11/21/08, Pete Theisen > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > From: Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it? > > To: "ProFox Email List" > <[email protected]> > > Date: Friday, November 21, 2008, 3:43 AM > > Michael Madigan wrote: > > > So will you stop hating Walmart then? > > > > > I've talked to quite a few people that would > like > > to see health care taken > > > off the backs of employers. > > > > Hi Michael, Kristyne! > > > > We have a chain grocery store down the street. One of > the > > cashiers is > > dying of cancer too young for Medicare. The company > will > > pay her health > > insurance if she works 20 hours a week but, of course, > most > > of the time > > she can't work at all. > > > > The manager is carrying her on the books for 20 hours > a > > week out of his > > store labor budget. He could be fired for that if > corporate > > found out. > > > > Of course, the manager and the rest of the employees > are > > doing the work > > she is being paid for. It is the oddest thing seeing > the > > store manager > > working a register. > > -- > > Regards, > > > > Pete > > http://pete-theisen.com/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Post Messages to: [email protected] > > Subscription Maintenance: > > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox > > OT-free version of this list: > > http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech > > Searchable Archive: > http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox > > This message: > > > http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, > are > > the opinions of the author, and do not constitute > legal or > > medical advice. This statement is added to the > messages for > > those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
