Posted by
EWRoss on Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:00:00 AM
One of the most important things the Congress of the United States can do to bring down the cost of
health care in America
is enact tort reform. The exponential rise in malpractice insurance premiums
and the excessive judgments levied against hospitals and doctors by juries in
civil law suits are prime drivers of the spiraling increases in health care
costs. Oddly, tort reform is nowhere to be found in the Democrat health care
bill before Congress. Trial lawyers are one of the most influential interest
groups in the Democratic party and they contribute millions to Democratic
candidates. Instead, the Democratic plan proposes unnecessary government
micromanagement of the American health-care system which will only increase
cost, reduce efficiency, and result in the denial of health care to older
Americans as limited resources are rationed by Washington bureaucrats. Coupled with tort
reform, tax credits and other incentives to allow those who are currently
uninsured to obtain private health insurance will go a long way toward insuring
that quality health care is available to all Americans. If the Democratic
health care plan becomes law, the quality of health care in the United States
will only decline.
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