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Post #65,102 by bepatient 11/26/02 8:23:01 AM Reply	What you don't hear is worse... ....its the hundreds of spurious lawsuits that never make the courts. Easier and cheaper to defend by giving up. Insurance pays. Then they raise rates to continue to make profits. Lawyers get rich. Insurance companies get rich. Services get more expensive...so those who don't sue get hurt. I agree its a get rich quick mentality that is spurning it on...but the system fosters it by these idiotic rulings that make all the press. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]
Post #65,170 by mhuber 11/26/02 1:33:27 PM Reply	Aren't they mostly between insurance companies? Lots and lots of lawsuits are not some poor schmoe trying to get rich, but two or more insurance companies deciding which has to pay a valid claim. Your health insurance contract probably has a clause in it that could force you to file a lawsuit that you wouldn't consider reasonable, one of those slip and fall kinds of things. And let's not forget that a good many suits are really caused by the defendant ignoring responsibilities. ---- Whatever
Post #65,193 by bepatient 11/26/02 3:20:19 PM Reply	I'm not saying... ...there are no valid lawsuits. Only that >abuse< of the system has caused harm to more than just big corporations. This is why I tried to focus the argument on the healthcare industry. Ford deserved to pay millions for things like Pinto, Explorer et all. There was gross negligence involved. I would not consider these spurious lawsuits. You were born...and so you're free...so Happy Birthday! _{Laurie Anderson} [link\|mailto:bepatient@aol.com\|BePatient]

Tort reform - (Silverlock) - (80) - Nov. 23, 2002, 05:28:54 AM EST

thats tart reform not tort reform -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 23, 2002, 09:15:07 AM EST

And if I... - (bepatient) - (75) - Nov. 23, 2002, 12:21:51 PM EST

Ooooh! falling off chair - (wharris2) - Nov. 23, 2002, 07:59:53 PM EST

Methinks the gentleman doth protest too much - (Ashton) - (52) - Nov. 23, 2002, 08:57:11 PM EST

sorry about you perception of Fords - (boxley) - Nov. 23, 2002, 09:08:00 PM EST

Methinks you missed the important one... - (bepatient) - (50) - Nov. 23, 2002, 10:28:42 PM EST

No problem if the commune's infirmary is used. :) - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 23, 2002, 10:51:51 PM EST

very simple solution - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 23, 2002, 11:54:50 PM EST

I LIKE it! - (jb4) - Nov. 25, 2002, 09:44:15 AM EST

Non seq.___ You mean: all and Everything ?? - (Ashton) - (46) - Nov. 24, 2002, 01:37:00 AM EST

I don't see any problem at all. - (Brandioch) - (45) - Nov. 24, 2002, 03:57:01 AM EST

But you don't have the BEST care in the world. - (tuberculosis) - (44) - Nov. 24, 2002, 07:41:36 AM EST

If you have the money, the best treatment is in the US. - (Brandioch) - (36) - Nov. 24, 2002, 12:05:01 PM EST

How?!?! WHO MAKES THE LAWS THAT ARE USED IN THE COURTS? - (tuberculosis) - (35) - Nov. 24, 2002, 12:44:31 PM EST

Don't bother them with minor details... - (bepatient) - Nov. 24, 2002, 03:14:41 PM EST

Whatever. - (Brandioch) - (33) - Nov. 24, 2002, 04:07:20 PM EST

Best technology - wildly variable 'medicine'. - (Ashton) - (2) - Nov. 24, 2002, 07:57:28 PM EST

It's in our culture. - (Brandioch) - (1) - Nov. 24, 2002, 09:52:05 PM EST

It is in our culture even more than that - (ben_tilly) - Nov. 25, 2002, 07:09:54 AM EST

Extreme case - (tuberculosis) - (29) - Nov. 25, 2002, 04:59:02 AM EST

Since you were unable to answer the question... - (Brandioch) - (28) - Nov. 25, 2002, 08:29:21 AM EST

Mexico -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 25, 2002, 10:05:29 AM EST

Nope - 97. -NT - (tuberculosis) - Nov. 25, 2002, 11:03:50 AM EST

Did you not look at the link in my first article? - (tuberculosis) - (25) - Nov. 25, 2002, 10:47:04 AM EST

I didn't say that. - (Brandioch) - (24) - Nov. 25, 2002, 07:14:51 PM EST

and he whines when I do that :0 -NT - (boxley) - Nov. 25, 2002, 08:11:32 PM EST

Afraid I'd have to quibble with 'best' in lots of contexts - (Ashton) - Nov. 25, 2002, 10:26:15 PM EST

BEST by what measurement? - (tuberculosis) - (21) - Nov. 26, 2002, 09:04:34 AM EST

No source needed. - (Brandioch) - (20) - Nov. 26, 2002, 10:23:01 AM EST

France. - (bepatient) - (19) - Nov. 26, 2002, 10:58:46 AM EST

He wouldnt reply to Mexico he doesnt have any facts -NT - (boxley) - (18) - Nov. 26, 2002, 11:07:11 AM EST

Pick pick pick :-) -NT - (bepatient) - Nov. 26, 2002, 11:12:59 AM EST

One more time. - (Brandioch) - (16) - Nov. 26, 2002, 02:54:04 PM EST

Definitions and Metrics. - (Another Scott) - (9) - Nov. 26, 2002, 03:44:08 PM EST

No, I think you've phrased it correctly. - (Brandioch) - (8) - Nov. 26, 2002, 04:57:55 PM EST

Silly definition of BEST - (tuberculosis) - (7) - Nov. 27, 2002, 06:16:23 AM EST

No, that is the definition of "best". - (Brandioch) - (6) - Nov. 27, 2002, 11:52:46 AM EST

Hardly. - (bepatient) - (5) - Nov. 27, 2002, 11:56:50 AM EST

All parts of the elephant - (tuberculosis) - (4) - Nov. 27, 2002, 12:30:42 PM EST

Because my definition does not agree with your opinion.... - (Brandioch) - (3) - Nov. 27, 2002, 07:32:13 PM EST

Lighten up - (Silverlock) - (2) - Nov. 27, 2002, 11:41:23 PM EST

never let a cheap rhetorical device hold you back :-) -NT - (boxley) - (1) - Nov. 27, 2002, 11:55:42 PM EST

He never does ;-) -NT - (bepatient) - Nov. 28, 2002, 11:23:31 AM EST

yes -NT - (boxley) - (5) - Nov. 26, 2002, 07:15:03 PM EST

And Mexico's equivalent to the Mayo Clinics is.....? -NT - (Brandioch) - (4) - Nov. 27, 2002, 12:08:22 AM EST

UNAM Mexico City where Americans go to do post grad tropical - (boxley) - (3) - Nov. 27, 2002, 12:18:00 AM EST

Heh - once 'made rounds' there - (Ashton) - Nov. 27, 2002, 05:47:57 AM EST

It looks good. - (Brandioch) - (1) - Nov. 27, 2002, 07:38:28 PM EST

Its your assertion, you support it. - (boxley) - Nov. 27, 2002, 08:30:01 PM EST

Price of drugs outside the US - (bluke) - Nov. 25, 2002, 11:22:38 AM EST

Sure does for those who can afford it - (bluke) - (5) - Nov. 25, 2002, 11:30:11 AM EST

Exactly. - (Brandioch) - (4) - Nov. 25, 2002, 09:01:37 PM EST

It's not an abstact quality, it's a commodity - (hnick) - (3) - Nov. 26, 2002, 07:57:19 AM EST

Interesting. - (Brandioch) - (2) - Nov. 26, 2002, 10:42:25 AM EST

Ok: try 'theoretical' VS actual; potential VS performance - (Ashton) - (1) - Nov. 26, 2002, 07:40:30 PM EST

I agree. -NT - (Brandioch) - Nov. 26, 2002, 08:00:50 PM EST

I don't get your snideness - (jb4) - (20) - Nov. 25, 2002, 09:39:48 AM EST

But they don't. - (bepatient) - (19) - Nov. 25, 2002, 05:50:25 PM EST

A sample web link. - (a6l6e6x) - Nov. 25, 2002, 08:49:34 PM EST

Rather nicely covered on 60 Minutes, last night. Still...... - (Ashton) - (3) - Nov. 25, 2002, 11:00:36 PM EST

But if I were to interpret.... - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 26, 2002, 07:53:26 AM EST

New blood, and with real-life Experience, not just an MBA. -NT - (Ashton) - (1) - Nov. 26, 2002, 07:46:03 PM EST

I thought those were the ball players ;-) -NT - (bepatient) - Nov. 26, 2002, 08:39:18 PM EST

Is abuse of tort that widespread? - (Silverlock) - (6) - Nov. 25, 2002, 11:18:25 PM EST

the issue I have on tort reform is class actions - (boxley) - (2) - Nov. 26, 2002, 12:56:19 AM EST

My proposal for a reform: - (mhuber) - (1) - Nov. 26, 2002, 01:53:42 AM EST

Hey, I LIKE it! - (jb4) - Nov. 26, 2002, 01:08:36 PM EST

What you don't hear is worse... - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 26, 2002, 08:23:01 AM EST

Aren't they mostly between insurance companies? - (mhuber) - (1) - Nov. 26, 2002, 01:33:27 PM EST

I'm not saying... - (bepatient) - Nov. 26, 2002, 03:20:19 PM EST

So how do you handle this? - (jb4) - (6) - Nov. 26, 2002, 01:03:35 PM EST

Valid claim - (bepatient) - (5) - Nov. 26, 2002, 03:45:33 PM EST

Yup - it's about Trust. There isn't any (much) left - (Ashton) - Nov. 26, 2002, 08:14:19 PM EST

Hysterical...? - (jb4) - (3) - Nov. 27, 2002, 09:58:57 AM EST

Hee hee.... - (bepatient) - (2) - Nov. 27, 2002, 12:02:12 PM EST

smartass.... -NT - (jb4) - (1) - Nov. 27, 2002, 12:18:38 PM EST

:-) -NT - (bepatient) - Nov. 27, 2002, 12:20:49 PM EST

He more closely connects crime and punishment. - (static) - Nov. 23, 2002, 11:40:36 PM EST

Tort system simply broken - (JayMehaffey) - Nov. 26, 2002, 06:09:11 PM EST

Tort Reform Irony - don't talk about it..... - (Simon_Jester) - Dec. 11, 2002, 01:59:18 PM EST

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