Palin Defeats Obama - Part 2 | Newsflavor
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Having dealt President Obama a critical blow on the health care debate with her strongly worded warning against potential death panels, Sarah Palin now turns her attention for the need for tort reform in America, and sends the Democrats scrambling for cover yet again
Perhaps sensing their collective weakness, Sarah Palin has struck again with a second aggressive Twitter post, declaring that no truthful debate on healthcare can occur without demands for long-needed tort reform. That if the president and his Democrats are serious about curbing the cost of health care, then the costs of an overly litigious society and the resulting impacts upon health care must be part of the conversation, a requirement Obama and his Democrats have up to this point, steadfastly refused.
When Texas enacted healthcare lawsuit caps, it found an overall reduction in related healthcare costs of 41 percent. Texas also saw a corresponding increase of doctors wanting to come to Texas to practice medicine of over 50% - a clear win-win for the citizens of Texas. And yet despite this clear connection between tort reform and reduction in healthcare costs, Obama and his Democrats have yet to make tort reform a part of the national discussion. Perhaps the fact that the top law firms in America regularly contribute over 90% of their political donations to Democrats vs Republicans has something to do with this seeming allegiance Democrats have for trial lawyers. Obama himself held a sizeable fundraiser with the national trial lawyers political lobby, and Vice President Joe Biden has a 100% legislative voting record against any and all proposed tort reform that has been introduced over the years.
Palin Defeats Obama - Part 2 | Newsflavor
Excerpts:
Having dealt President Obama a critical blow on the health care debate with her strongly worded warning against potential death panels, Sarah Palin now turns her attention for the need for tort reform in America, and sends the Democrats scrambling for cover yet again
Perhaps sensing their collective weakness, Sarah Palin has struck again with a second aggressive Twitter post, declaring that no truthful debate on healthcare can occur without demands for long-needed tort reform. That if the president and his Democrats are serious about curbing the cost of health care, then the costs of an overly litigious society and the resulting impacts upon health care must be part of the conversation, a requirement Obama and his Democrats have up to this point, steadfastly refused.
When Texas enacted healthcare lawsuit caps, it found an overall reduction in related healthcare costs of 41 percent. Texas also saw a corresponding increase of doctors wanting to come to Texas to practice medicine of over 50% - a clear win-win for the citizens of Texas. And yet despite this clear connection between tort reform and reduction in healthcare costs, Obama and his Democrats have yet to make tort reform a part of the national discussion. Perhaps the fact that the top law firms in America regularly contribute over 90% of their political donations to Democrats vs Republicans has something to do with this seeming allegiance Democrats have for trial lawyers. Obama himself held a sizeable fundraiser with the national trial lawyers political lobby, and Vice President Joe Biden has a 100% legislative voting record against any and all proposed tort reform that has been introduced over the years.
Palin Defeats Obama - Part 2 | Newsflavor
