[Vision2020] A Pledge to real Americans (Mikey Moore)

[Andreas Schou]

On 11/22/06, Tony <tonytime at clearwire.net> wrote:
> Andreas, are you taking the position that ridiculously outlandish, cash
> judgments have not driven up the cost of insurance coverage for the general
> public?

Oh, they have.

But in 2004, the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office reported
that only 2% of the increase in medical care costs are related to
malpractice torts, and that there was no statistically significant
difference in medical care costs between states with and without caps
on medical malpractice liability. The Republican push for tort reform,
like anti-union "paycheck protection" laws, are not so much an attempt
to institute actual reforms as they are  attempts to shut off the flow
of potential funds to Democratic candidates from Democratic-friendly
groups.

-- ACS