Comments on: Hey, Donors. Why Not Fund Some Bloggers? http://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/09/10/hey-donors-why-not-fund-some-bloggers/ Delivering the Best of the New Media Since 2004. Fri, 25 May 2012 18:39:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: TTFKhttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/09/10/hey-donors-why-not-fund-some-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-686665 TTFK Sat, 12 Sep 2009 00:14:10 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10349#comment-686665 The MA RNC calls me up and/or mails me looking for money every once in a while. I told them that I would be more than happy to donate as soon as they stop acting like the People's Front Of Judea Committee from Monty Python's Life Of Brian. The MA RNC calls me up and/or mails me looking for money every once in a while.

I told them that I would be more than happy to donate as soon as they stop acting like the People's Front Of Judea Committee from Monty Python's Life Of Brian.

]]> By: fosterthttp://www.sundriesshack.com/2009/09/10/hey-donors-why-not-fund-some-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-686637 fostert Thu, 10 Sep 2009 16:37:46 +0000 http://www.sundriesshack.com/?p=10349#comment-686637 I know you think I'm crazy, but here's a real concept, does tort reform actually work? It certainly doesn't lower health insurance premiums, and we've done it 38 states, so we actually know. There's some evidence that it does lower malpractice premiums. And there's some evidence that it increases malpractice. And there's a lot of evidence that it increases profits on malpractice insurance. In theory, these profits should translate into cost savings in other aspects, but they only seem to translate into bigger boats for insurance executives. I'm all for tort reform if it's done right. But doing it right is really hard. Still, I do think it's worth a try. If nothing else, it might buy a Republican vote. But let's do some cost/ benefit analysis on it. Doctors are remarkably delusional about financial issues, so I wouldn't trust them. And I certainly would trust the lawyers. From what it seems, it has increased health care costs slightly. And it seems to have increased deaths from medical procedures. But I'd like to see a real study. In the end, it doesn't matter since most states have already passed this reform with no apparent effect besides a little uptick in deaths, so let's do it if that what it takes to get the vote we need. Republicans always like killing people, but is this enough deaths for Republicans to get on board? Ans is this enough profit of death to get the insurance companies on board? I know you think I'm crazy, but here's a real concept, does tort reform actually work? It certainly doesn't lower health insurance premiums, and we've done it 38 states, so we actually know. There's some evidence that it does lower malpractice premiums. And there's some evidence that it increases malpractice. And there's a lot of evidence that it increases profits on malpractice insurance. In theory, these profits should translate into cost savings in other aspects, but they only seem to translate into bigger boats for insurance executives. I'm all for tort reform if it's done right. But doing it right is really hard. Still, I do think it's worth a try. If nothing else, it might buy a Republican vote. But let's do some cost/ benefit analysis on it. Doctors are remarkably delusional about financial issues, so I wouldn't trust them. And I certainly would trust the lawyers. From what it seems, it has increased health care costs slightly. And it seems to have increased deaths from medical procedures. But I'd like to see a real study. In the end, it doesn't matter since most states have already passed this reform with no apparent effect besides a little uptick in deaths, so let's do it if that what it takes to get the vote we need. Republicans always like killing people, but is this enough deaths for Republicans to get on board? Ans is this enough profit of death to get the insurance companies on board?

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