thanks MD. A few years ago I asked a Senator from Idaho what he paid for his full coverage healthcare (dental, eye, major medical, etc) $356/month! I don't believe they have any "age" brackets or restricions due to weight or existing health either. Everyone at that townhall meeting agreed they were more than willing to accept what his plan was vs the garbage they presently foist off on us.

IMHO, this is a job better tackled in steps. the first of which is malpractice/tort reform. This can be done without ANY money fron us. Now I don't know what your malpractice insurance had cost, but a friend of my father was a thorasic surgeon. Never had any lawsuits of any kind brought against him in his entire career. He told me the last yea he practiced (a while ago now), he made $600k. Over $300k went to malpractice insurance.

I also understand the vast majority of lawsuits are caused by less than 10% of the doctors. Why is there no effort to get rid of the bad doctors? Or an effort to curb "extortion" lawsuits. Where is the judicial review to evaluate whether the lawsuit has merit? And don't get me started on the padded fees lawyers submit. Some jury awards are down right ridiculous. Tell me which is better..., a lower amount (that meets patient future care) or having the insurance company file bankruptcy and not get anything for years (this is where only the lawyers win). Thi one area of reform would not cost us taxpayers a cent, yet could lower overall healthcare costs. The only ones "losing" would be lawyers.

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