Tort Reform? ? - Health Care

From Alphecca
. . . if the Democrats are so determined to control health care costs, why is it that the most important factor driving costs up over the past years — tort reform — isn’t addressed at all?

Not a chance. Don't most politicians have law degrees?

Yes, excessive and greedy lawsuits have a lot to do with rising health care costs, but so does high end coverage where people tie up doctor time with nothing more than the sniffles. Then throw in the aging population and we have high demand with low supply. The medical profession is must likely now having troubles making ends meet if Medicaid patients are any percentage of the customer base.

I see Tort reform as the only way to at least partially control the rising cost of health care, and that's not likely to happen. The population growth is flat. The elderly are becoming a large part of the population. And social programs REQUIRE an increasing population to keep from bankrupting any country. For instance, Social Security is now paying out more than received.

I don't see anything that will keep health care costs from rising, short of cutting off the elderly. Besides it's not really about health care costs at all. It's about controlling The People. As usual they've managed to define the topic away from the real agenda. Obama said he wanted to radically redefine the country. And wasn't it Pelosie who said something about not letting a good emergency or catastrophe go to waste?

Keep your powder dry.