Why do Republicans always try to get rid of things that help out the little guy?

Question

Republicans have pushing the lie that medical malpractice lawsuits are the reason why healthcare is so high. It sounds nice, but it's not true. Republicans always run with lies that sound true, and get people to vote against their best interests. Read below and you'll see another Republican lie debunked

But, contrary to the tort reformers’ narrative, the decrease in litigation has not remotely curbed healthcare costs. Even though malpractice payments have decreased 12 percent since 2000, national healthcare expenditures have increased 96 percent. These facts thoroughly discredit the claim of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that malpractice litigation is responsible for soaring healthcare spending.

The developments in Texas, which in 2003 implemented one of the nation’s most restrictive malpractice laws, are even more convincing. Since 2003, the value of malpractice payments in the state has decreased by about 70 percent. But per capita healthcare spending in the state, especially for Medicare, has outpaced the national average, as Public Citizen reported last year. The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies last month published a study that also concluded that the Texas litigation restrictions have not reduced costs.

The head of the organization that spent the most to campaign for the Texas law does not dispute these findings, nor does he offer any apologies. “We never claimed that lawsuit reform would reduce consumer healthcare costs,” said Jon Opelt , executive director of the Texas Alliance for Patient Access.

Answer 1

Doctors began to double what they charged back in the 70's due to sudden extreme rise in the cost of malpractice insurance. I can only imagine what hospitals pay for this insurance. Putting a cap on the amount that can be won by these would reduce costs to all of us. If a doctor destroys a person's ability to work through malpractice or ruins their lives, they should pay a lot, no doubt about it but other law suits are just not worth the amount they are awarded. Then it is appealed, and appealed until the amount becomes reasonable. I wastes a lot of time and money.



This isn't only medical malpractice. I remember the woman who was initially awarded a million due to McDonald's coffee temperature and another man who sued a dry cleaner a million for losing a pair of his pants. The legal fees put the dry cleaner out of business even though they won the case due to the attorney fees. This kind of thing shouldn't happen.

Answer 2

"Why do Republicans always try to get rid of things that help out the little guy?"



Because the big guys pay out much much bigger bribes to politicians to get politicians to favor corporate giants like Walmart over the little guy.



Simple as that. Little guy mostly does not have the Lobby (bribe) Power that Corporations have. Yes the little guy does have the Unions but all too often the guys running the union are power tripping which reduces the effectiveness of the Union...and of course Republicans have been on a Union busting spree for the last 20 years...because they think the little guy should fork over more bribe money or take the shaft like a man.

Answer 3

I could get on board with blaming the republicans for all this if democrats weren't putting the screw to the little guy at the same time. The little guy is getting "head and heeled" by the two party system.



Where has all that ended up out of that "96%" increase? When we follow the money, we find that the final destination has a very distinct bipartisan atmosphere.



But I get it, you are one of those people that feel the need to champion the moral superiority of one party over the other and refuse to hit them both with the same stick. Things might change if people like you got the hell out of the way, but I won't hold my breath.

Answer 4

These numbskulls didn't even read the article or anything you posted. They want to keep their bias intact and you're not letting them

Answer 5

Your sighting one or two cases against millions filed. Nice try skippy, But your full of it,

The trial lawyers are owned by the democrats. Has been that way for the past 50

years. Thanks for the spin though,

Answer 6

They're being paid meager wages just to talk of their disloyalty.

Answer 7

You know, I ALMOST thought you were going to make a valid point, until I saw the desperate attempt to use legal terms and "Alternet" as a source. Thanks for giving an attorney a laugh!

Answer 8

They don't! You are the victim of a paranoid delusion implanted by left-wing propagandist.

Answer 9

Because their morons who only care about the wealthy

Answer 10

They were put here by God for us to exploit, so we do.

Answer 11

how arrogant and assholish of you to think the little guy needs or wants your help.......

Answer 12

alternet, buwahahahahahaha, back to wankerland until you have a good troll.