It figures. The Pelosi Plan will punish states that limit trial lawyers’ winnings.
Capital Confidential reported this at Big Government:
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.
Tort reform could save the country $54 billion.
So it only makes sense that democrats would oppose it.
More… The death panels are back in the bill, too.
October 30th, 2009 | 3:05 pm | #1
Losing hope here.
October 30th, 2009 | 3:14 pm | #2
Just heard @ Bloomberg that SEC is launching an investigation on “Apollo Foundation” & it’s stock plummeted.
They said that they were behind a scheme recruiting uneligible students to various Universities.
I remember this foundation closer to WH. Jim, this is for you to get to MSM.
October 30th, 2009 | 3:24 pm | #3
dems are owned by trial lawyers, so this comes as no surprise! if any form of obamacare is passed it will be time for civil disobedience.
October 30th, 2009 | 3:32 pm | #4
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October 30th, 2009 | 3:37 pm | #5
Just like ObaMao’s bundler’s who have been partying it up at the WH, despite his promise of “hope and change”. The lawyer’s will be partying on Congree if this passes. Can you say “pay to play”?
Maybe a better slogan would have been, “no contributor left behind”…or…”bundler’s paradise”…or maybe…”got any change?… quarters.. nickels…dimes…”
October 30th, 2009 | 3:40 pm | #6
Democrats will limit the pay of Corporate Executives and employees of publicly traded companies, but States are to keep their hands off of Attorneys’ pay?
Well, I guess we finally found out who is churning out all these new Bills that no one is reading, no one know what is in, or no politician wrote.
October 30th, 2009 | 3:43 pm | #7
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October 30th, 2009 | 3:47 pm | #8
a libiot friend of mine said Congress was addressing tort reform. I guess he was technically correct.
October 30th, 2009 | 3:50 pm | #9
Nazi Pelosi thinks that she can just rammed down on all of us this monstrosity.
October 30th, 2009 | 3:56 pm | #10
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October 30th, 2009 | 4:00 pm | #11
Jim this sounds like you are accusing the LIBTARDS of being dishonest in how they have portrayed this nonsense.
I’m shocked.
October 30th, 2009 | 4:04 pm | #12
I think its time to retire to Mt Everest.
October 30th, 2009 | 4:17 pm | #13
Texas already has a cap on medical liability, which is why Texas has seen a major influx of doctors over the past five years. Wonder how Democratic reps from the state in Congress are going to enjoy handling this one?
October 30th, 2009 | 4:19 pm | #14
Without tort reform, no bill will successfully address the soaring medical costs.
But the democratic bill was never really about that.
October 30th, 2009 | 4:33 pm | #15
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October 30th, 2009 | 4:36 pm | #16
Why there is no tort reform from Democrats
October 30th, 2009 | 4:38 pm | #17
I must have screwed up my link in the above comment. Here it is:
http://benightedcomment.wordpress.com/2009/10/30/why-there-is-no-tort-reform-from-democrats/
October 30th, 2009 | 5:00 pm | #18
It always frustrates me to hear people say just wait until the next election. Even if the vote is clean, once they’re in office the lawyers and special interests own our “lawmakers”. The cost will be enormous for the gullible voter.
October 30th, 2009 | 5:02 pm | #19
So, not only are they refusing to consider any with free market reforms to reduce medical costs, they’re penalizing anyone who does. Kind of makes you think they’re not really serious about it, doesn’t it?
October 30th, 2009 | 5:03 pm | #20
Jim, that CBO report said TORT reform could save us $54B PER YEAR… that’s $540B over the next decade, FYI- the WaPo got it wrong.
http://hotair.com/archives/2009/10/15/video-reid-dismisses-54-billion-in-tort-reform-savings/
October 30th, 2009 | 5:23 pm | #21
“dems are owned by trial lawyers, so this comes as no surprise!”
Actually it is a surprise. It shows how utterly stupid the lawyers really are. Everyone knows that they are soulless and morally bankrupt but this kind of stupidity surprised even me.
The ‘plan’ would create a government-run healthcare system which would gradually drive the insurers out of business meaning everyone would be on the government system. You can’t sue the government, least of all a left wing branch of it, so all of these lawyers would be out of work. They are supporting the destruction of their own jobs (if you can call them that).
The Lawyer suicide march…it’s as if they are knowingly walking off a plank into an erupting volcano.
October 30th, 2009 | 5:27 pm | #22
that “death panels” link is not working for me…please advise
October 30th, 2009 | 5:30 pm | #23
“that “death panels” link is not working for me…please advise”
I found this article:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/us_health_care_death_panels
October 30th, 2009 | 5:54 pm | #24
The dems KNOW this plan stinks. That is why it does not take effect until 2013. That is why it does not apply to congress.
October 30th, 2009 | 5:57 pm | #25
Thank you Stephen
October 30th, 2009 | 6:05 pm | #26
“That is why it does not apply to congress.”
As someone who has looked deeply into history since mid 2001, I can say that this excemption of congress reminds me of how every communist state is set up.
You have the ‘chairman’, or more accurately put, the dictator, in essence the king. You have the ‘party members’, reminiscent of the nobility of old. They live a life of luxury, unaffected by the ‘equality’ imposed on their subjects. And then you have the peasants….95% of the population, living ‘equally in misery’
October 30th, 2009 | 6:08 pm | #27
Lance
October 30th, 2009 | 5:00 pm | #18
It always frustrates me to hear people say just wait until the next election.
Why does it frustrate you? This is our system. The electorate put the Democrats in power in 2006 and gave them more power in 2008; the Democrats are passing unpopular legislation; the electorate will likely throw the Democrats out of power in the next election.
If the electorate is angry and energized enough, it will elect people who will undo everything the Democrats are doing now. It’s a binary system: Either you elect the right people, or you don’t.
I don’t get the need to predict doom and disaster a year before the next election. It’s a waste of time and energy. All we can do right now is make our voices heard. If the Democrats don’t listen, so be it. Make them pay in the next election. That’s how things work. Telling us that there’s no hope and we’re all doomed is neither helpful nor accurate.
October 30th, 2009 | 6:30 pm | #28
The death panels are BACK in the health care bill now?
That has got to be changed!
John DeFlumeri Jr
October 30th, 2009 | 6:55 pm | #29
Straight from the bill, if anyone’s interested,
page 1432 of 1990 (some formatting and bold is mine)
(4) CONTENTS OF ALTERNATIVE MEDICAL LIABILITY LAW.—
The contents of an alternative liability
law are in accordance with this paragraph if—
(A) the litigation alternatives contained in
the law consist of certificate of merit, early
offer, or both; and
(B) the law does not limit attorneys’ fees
or impose caps on damages.
October 30th, 2009 | 7:58 pm | #30
HypogeanNo Gravatar
October 30th, 2009 | 6:08 pm | #27
“If the electorate is angry and energized enough, it will elect people who will undo everything the Democrats are doing now. ”
Thats so simple. Why didn’t I think of it? Maybe I shouldn’t let reality and a more profound understanding of Washington cloud my mind. I don’t mind your opinion but don’t put words in my mouth. All that hope and doomed nonsense.
October 30th, 2009 | 8:53 pm | #31
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October 30th, 2009 | 9:08 pm | #32
It always frustrates me to hear people say just wait until the next election.
What is the alternative to waiting to the next election, Lance? Do you have some other solution to get these corrupt socialist scumbags out of office?
October 30th, 2009 | 10:15 pm | #33
Evil Otto
October 30th, 2009 | 9:08 pm | #32
The weight of a million votes is nothing compared to the influence of a George Soros or La Raza. Thats my point.
I do support the tea parties and new citizen journalist. I would encourage all to actively do the same. But the hard reality is the answer to a revolution is a counter-revolution. The left can sing about their revolution but if we say the word it’s equated with violent mobs lynching people. Show no fear (sticks and stones). Talk, organize, commit, educate and act as one giant force. I think a lot of people are emotionally getting there but we desperately need them to intellectually get there.
Just my opinion and not meant to offend anyone.
October 31st, 2009 | 12:09 am | #34
Lance
October 30th, 2009 | 7:58 pm | #30
Maybe I shouldn’t let reality and a more profound understanding of Washington cloud my mind.
Or maybe you should complain a lot on blogs. That ought to do the trick.
October 31st, 2009 | 1:02 am | #35
…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.
Right, how dare someone seek to limit the millions racked up by the ambulance chasing lobby. Gotta love the democrats, the party of the ultra rich and the ultra poor, making it happen by sticking it to middle class Americans across the board.
October 31st, 2009 | 2:14 am | #36
operated by a person who is en-
gaged in the business of owning or operating 20
or more vending machines,
the vending machine operator shall provide a sign in
close proximity to each article of food or the selec-
tion button that includes a clear and conspicuous
statement disclosing the number of calories con-
tained in the article.
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Just think about ways in which this can depress the economy.
This is regulatory tyranny.
October 31st, 2009 | 7:59 am | #37
Where is the attorney czar stipulating how much can be made in health based lawsuit? Or limiting attorney pay?
October 31st, 2009 | 12:30 pm | #38
Onion-style parody: Obama Plan Calls for Making Health Care System More Efficient by Having Trial Lawyers Provide Medical Services More Directly http://optoons.blogspot.com/2009/06/obama-plan-calls-for-making-health-care.html
October 31st, 2009 | 6:05 pm | #39
Don’t lose hope. E-fax every thought that you have at http://www.americanvoice.com. It’s free. You can send a single fax to all 535 folks on the hill, including The ONE. It doesn’t take very long… just a few clicks and the time to type your message. IT’S IMPORTANT TO RAISE YOUR VOICE NOW!!
PS.. don’t send angry, irate, irrational messages, as the righteous will consider these unworthy of their attention! Simply tell them how to vote and why. Tell them what you would rather have them do.
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