Originally Posted by junehhan

Why is it that there are many regions like in Las Vegas where doctors and especially specialists are becoming rare? You may have heard of a crisis involving a severe shortage as noone wants to practice due to fear of lawsuits and extremely high insurance costs. Something needs to be done, and its a decision that cannot favor attorneys who literally chase ambulances. I believe Bush suggested a council being set up that would evaluate each case as well. It's not a perfect solution, but we need to start somewhere with something rather than sitting around and not doing anything because it isn't the perfect solution. Is it any wonder that the biggest contributor to the democratic party in 2004 was the national trial laywers association of america? No coincidence as these people don't want any talk about limits to what they could potentially make.





That's why we have Laws on the books to protect people. When something can be proven to be negligent, then obviously something needs to be done. You can't turn away emergency services legally, but there are severe economic factors here in America that won't adjust kindly to a socialized system. The fact is that we may need something in between, but still closer to the system we have today. Right now, I don't care about all of what you are talking about because it will NEVER happen unless we can first start reducing costs of health care.