Obama on Tort Reform

Barack Obama tells Congress that medical malpractice abuse "may" contribute to increasing health-care costs. He says he will task Kathleen Sebelius to run a few pilot programs to see if tort reform helps. Sebelius, now HHS Secretary, was at one time the executive director of the Kansas Trial Lawyers Association.

Uh, we'll be holding our breath on those pilot program results.

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• Obama
• ObamaCare
• health care
• tort reform

[mmantech]

medical malprace reform is distinctly different from tort reform. if you mess with the tort system, your giving even more power to big business, and the already own congress. protecting the consumer is the most important thing.

[kipptumor]

Republicans do less - This is why they are still enjoying the lowest approval rating ever - Even before Bush left office.

[roystarsoundsick]

Seeing these comments reassures the level of ignorance of the american people,to my dismay. So far from the truth but yet so certain of their ideals. Educate yourselves and your children for your own sake SMDH

[imanerd36]

The US spends $8,086 (Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) per person per year on healthcare, yet we spend $16 per person per year on healthcare lawsuits (Source: HealthAffairs). Tort reform is blown way out proportion as it relates to healthcare costs.

[theboombody]

So phoney malpractice claims are a problem but huge bills passed into law that nobody can read aren't? And flooding the world with 10 times more W-9's isn't a problem either?

[tkohlman]

what this video needs is about 2 minutes of this speech both before and after this clip...you will see Nancy and Harry doing "high 5's" in the background UNTIL he got to this point and then again after. Watch them carefully during this particular clip.  Only further proof that the Dems are in the pocket of the trial lawyers.

[rrhynes]

Uh, we'll be holding our breath for progressive liberals to put their Harvard and Yale alumni donaters out of business.

[nikkowinter]

I am.

[kipptumor]

@nikkowinter Thought you were golfing

[nikkowinter]

I don't know Democrat are we?

[kipptumor]

Wingnuts that use terms like "Socialist" and "Liberal" are seldom familiar with their real definitions, but since they sound like big important terms they use them much the same way a caveman would a tree branch.

[kipptumor]

The quality of health care in America lies somewhere between "the best" and "37th" in the world. "Best" if you have a Cadillac plan and are in an area that actually HAS the "best" care, and "37th" if you want to believe what unbiased sources have concluded from their studies.