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Originally Posted by Weiser Wonder
And the Republican solution was tort reform and allowing insurance companies to operate across state lines. That's not a reasonable stance. They needed to propose solutions to those problems I listed. They didn't. They are a party, they're a corrupt joke.
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Tort reform would probably be one of the most important pieces that should be passed. One of the big reasons health care costs are so high is that doctors are practicing to cover there own butts down here so that they don't get sued. For example I went to the doctor when I first moved down here for a cold. He gave me chest x-rays, sinus x-rays, blood test, etc. which is compared to when I would go to a doctor in Canada I wouldn't get any of those tests. A lot of people in the US are so sue happy in the US they will try to find anything to sue someone.
The fact that congress or the senate won't even look at tort reform shows that they are either all lawyers are get a lot of money from lawyers and really don't want to piss them off.
As for corrupt I guess telling people to pass the bill to find out what's in it like what Pelosi said doesn't sound corrupt to you. Both the Democrats and Republicans are beholden to special interests (this includes Obama), and both parties are to blame for whats wrong in the US today.