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November 01, 2009
Pelosi Health Care Bill Blow a Kiss At Trial Lawyers
Bachman also announced that if this bill passes the Obama Administration will have taken over 48% of the private economy this year.
Rep. Michelle Bachman is calling all Americans to join her on the steps of the Capital Building in Washington DC on Thursday November 5th to stop “the Crown Jewel of Socialism” – the democrat’s bill to take over the US health care industry.
Pelosi Health Care Bill Blow a Kiss At Trial Lawyers
The health care bill recently unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is over 1,900 pages for a reason. It is much easier to dispense goodies to favored interest groups if they are surrounded by a lot of legislative legalese. For example, check out this juicy morsel to the trial lawyers (page 1431-1433 of the bill):
Section 2531, entitled “Medical Liability Alternatives,” establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]…… a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys’ fees or imposes caps on damages.
So, you can’t try to seek alternatives to lawsuits if you’ve actually done something to implement alternatives to lawsuits. Brilliant! The trial lawyers must be very happy today!
While there is debate over the details, it is clear that medical malpractive lawsuits have some impact on driving health care costs higher. There are likely a number of procedures that are done simply as a defense against future possible litigation. Recall this from the Washington Post:
“Lawmakers could save as much as $54 billion over the next decade by imposing an array of new limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, congressional budget analysts said today — a substantial sum that could help cover the cost of President Obama’s overhaul of the nation’s health system. New research shows that legal reforms would not only lower malpractice insurance premiums for medical providers, but would also spur providers to save money by ordering fewer tests and procedures aimed primarily at defending their decisions in court, Douglas Elmendorf, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, wrote in a letter to Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah).”
Stay tuned. There are certainly many more terrible, horrible, no-good, very bad provisions in this massive bill.
Wild Thing's comment.......
What this article says and all the other things show us why Pelosi insisted on closed doors being required to write the provisions.
Nancy Pelosi, YOU LIE. You do NOT oversee the most ethical Congress in history. Resign NOW, lying crooked witch.
....Thank you Mark for sending this to me.
Mark
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Posted by Wild Thing at November 1, 2009 12:50 AM
Comments
These are lawyers doing the legislating, they never make any concessions to clean up their own corruption and corresponding perks.
Yes Communist bitch Nancy Pelosi, step down, Mors Vincet Omnia .
Posted by: Jack at November 1, 2009 01:39 AM
Catch 22, it's the best catch there is!
Posted by: Anonymous at November 1, 2009 05:54 AM
Thanks WT. I missed the interview the other night. Michele is such a gem. Everyone talks about Pawlenty, Romney etc in 2012. We would be hard pressed to find a candidate better than Ms. Bachmann.
I encourage Team Theodore folks to sign up on her website for newsletters. You'll get them only when she feels a need to draw attention to an issue. Maybe one a week.
http://www.michelebachmann.com/
Posted by: Jim at November 1, 2009 09:44 AM
I also have listened to Michelle Bachmann and she is very impressive. If they don't wake up the Republican Party will implode, if we all don't wake up our country will be defeated by the enemy within.
Posted by: Bob A at November 1, 2009 12:56 PM
We need dozens more Michelle Bachmans. I really feel that in the next two elections we are going to see a pickup of conservative Congresspeople. If we still have a Republic.
As to the trial lawyers. They are the scum of the trade.
Posted by: TomR at November 1, 2009 01:41 PM
Well It's 7:50 pm and I just listened, what a lousy way to end an otherwise great weekend. This can't be happening.
This whole 9 months has been an absolute bummer. It's a long way to 2010.
Posted by: Mark at November 1, 2009 07:52 PM
I agree we need a lot more like Michele
Bachmann.
Posted by: Wild Thing at November 1, 2009 11:57 PM
