re: #189 cliffster

Well, in your example, that is not related to health care reform. It’s not referring to all tort, just medical malpractice. Additionally, it’s tort reform, not tort elimination. Obviously, there are many cases where there is negligence, and a civil lawsuit with pain/suffering/continuing-expense awards are appropriate. Spelling out what separates good suits from bad ones is what makes reform a challenge.

Ahhh ok, now I get Ace hehe. I didn’t realize it was only related to medical tort reform. Well, that doesn’t thrill me either. There’s mistakes and there’s mistakes.

Ok, another example, a doctor operates on the wrong body part, now you can’t walk. What should be the compensation? Now, that’s possibly different than say a doctor not diagnosing cancer after giving you a barage of tests and not finding it. I’ve seen docs sued for this too.