Thanks to some old lady who bought McDonalds coffee, frivolous lawsuits and questioning punitive awards came to light.
Tort claims are the only mechanism by which people can obtain compensation for egregious wrong doing by serial tort-feasors. For example, in the case the people are supposedly familiar with (McDonald's coffee and the elderly woman), hundreds of people sustained injuries because McDonald's had a policy of maintaining their coffee at an exceptionally high 'holding temperature' (i.e. in excess of 180 degrees F). The woman in question sustained 3rd degree burns to her lower body (thighs, buttocks, etc.) and was willing to settle for a lower amount (a little more than was necessary to compensate for medical), but it was McDonald's that took the 'litigious' route. The facts surrounding this case are actually quite different than they are generally perceived.
Citizen's access to the courts is not a significant cost driver in our healthcare system. It is a check on shoddy practices. I for one am unwilling to sacrifice access to the legal system if I am ever wronged.
agreed, the lady in question actually had reconstructive surgery on her nether regions-that is not frivolous
the case not only got all restuarants to monitor their beverage temperatures but garnered enough attention to usher in the age of cupholders in new cars
Thanks to some old lady who bought McDonalds coffee, frivolous lawsuits and questioning punitive awards came to light.
Tort claims are the only mechanism by which people can obtain compensation for egregious wrong doing by serial tort-feasors. For example, in the case the people are supposedly familiar with (McDonald's coffee and the elderly woman), hundreds of people sustained injuries because McDonald's had a policy of maintaining their coffee at an exceptionally high 'holding temperature' (i.e. in excess of 180 degrees F). The woman in question sustained 3rd degree burns to her lower body (thighs, buttocks, etc.) and was willing to settle for a lower amount (a little more than was necessary to compensate for medical), but it was McDonald's that took the 'litigious' route. The facts surrounding this case are actually quite different than they are generally perceived.
Citizen's access to the courts is not a significant cost driver in our healthcare system. It is a check on shoddy practices. I for one am unwilling to sacrifice access to the legal system if I am ever wronged.
Which leads us to the question of "why do malpractice premiums cost 1/10th in Mexico of what they would in the US?"
Because people in the US are sue happy. That's not going to change by going to a socialized medical system.
George Bush actually did do something sane by limiting lawsuit payouts and capping the damages awarded. The punitive damages awards against doctors/surgeons/hospitals should have never been allowed to get so out of control. Thanks to some old lady who bought McDonalds coffee, frivolous lawsuits and questioning punitive awards came to light.
And just where have we gone relying on capitalist, the free market to provide? We have become reliant on free market capitalist, not the government. That is what all the hubbubb is about, christians want free market capitalism to provide aide, and it has failed miserably in humanities viewpoint. I guess we could reword this as would Jesus support a free market capitalism society when it come to supporting those who are taken adavantage of?
In this capitalistic society, the solution continues to be rely upon the capitalist, christians want the solutions/aide to be taken out of the hands of government, in which they have not really hand a hand at all, and put everyones lives in the hands of insurance corporations who have a main objective of profits over life.
Let me ask you this......what profit does the current administration wish to make, monetary or humanitary, and what profits would Jesus want to make, monetary of humanitary?
I'm going to assume that because you are typing on some kind of device hooked up to the internet that you are literate, so I can only believe that you are ignoring some basic information about me that I have stated multiple times. I'm not supporting the current system, I'm not Christian, I'm not a Republican, I'm not a Democrat, and I'm not going to fricking defend their positions, whoever they are! The solution to this problem is no more ignoring it than it is believing those that promise us candy if we will just ride in their van. If the only defense of your position that you can offer is an attack on an opposing side, STFU and let the adults talk.
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It's a very arogant stance to think I am writing to just you. STFU.....I'm glad I'm not sitting in ,front of you, I might have to physicaly defend myself. Have you ever heard of calmsforte?
Ok, christians tithe 10%, and just where does most of that money go too, really big elaborate and very expensive churches that cost a lot of money to run and upkeep. I know all too well, I was on a church budget committe that was struggeling to find a way to add another 1.8 million dollars to make the church bigger on top of the 1.6 million that was already being paid off, not to mention the $106,000 yearly budget they needed for staff and janitors.......and that was a small church!
Volunteers take a vow of poverty and go to other countries to provide aid, yet the ones sending them are making an average of$80k per year. Which isn't including the free perks they get....compliments of the government.
So, christians as it stand now are not taking care of their own, or anyone else for that matter. although there are a few religious homeless shelters run by true christians and some soup kitchens where oh my god, even atheist and agnostics volunteer.
When health insurance companies were deregulated what happened, hundreds of thousands were either refused coverage for life saving treatments, or just arbitrarily dropped. Esp. hurt were people were had a condition who was dropped from a insurance company could not get health insurance because of the preexisting condition. Insurance rates rose to unaffordable levels, some people's incomes were cut in half paying for health insurance....not paying for taxes.
So yes, it is governments responsibility to protect it's citizens, they do it with the military, with DOHD, etc. And esp. when it comes to health care, the government has the responsibility to protect the ones who are taken advantage of, it's called they write laws. And it sure ticks me off when I hear of government waste, esp. the stupid amount of money it takes to run for public office, but what really ticks me off is when a big corporation promises us jobs if they get multi billion dollar tax breaks and bail outs and they turn around and hire some slaves in another country and give themselves billions of dollars in bonus's for hiring slave labor in other countries. Oh, and of course sink millions of dollars into politicians pockets.
And don't mention hospitals that are run by religious oranizations......have you ever gotten a hospital bill from one of them?
Face it, christianity cannot and will not help the sick or the poor. They only want to help themselves so they won't go to hell, CYA.
The only recourse this country has is government. And if someone wants to abolish the federal government and give everything under state control, in no time we'll have Texas and Arizona invading other states and expecting converstion or death and in no time the whole country will be under the control of Texas......and here we go again, a ruling government.
I don't buy the argument that it is governments job because no one else is doing it. No one else is doing it because we expect the government to do it. We have become reliant on the government to such an extent that it seems like we can't even come up with a solution ourselves. Use that thing on top of your neck instead of passing the buck and hoping someone will come up with a solution for ya.
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I know what the solution is, tax the hell out of billionairs, if they cannot live on 500k a year, there is something wrong with them.
Tax churches, churches aren't stepping up and doing anything.
Use those two little eye balls in your head and read an entire post, not just what you want.
