October 30, 2009

Embedded in the Health Care bill

Pages 1,431--1,433 of the 1,900 some pages. From Big Government:
Pelosi Health Care Bill Blows a Kiss to Trial Lawyers
The health care bill recently unveiled by Speaker Nancy Pelosi is over 1,900 pages for a reason. It is much easier to dispense goodies to favored interest groups if they are surrounded by a lot of legislative legalese. For example, check out this juicy morsel to the trial lawyers (page 1431-1433 of the bill):
Section 2531, entitled �Medical Liability Alternatives,� establishes an incentive program for states to adopt and implement alternatives to medical liability litigation. [But]�� a state is not eligible for the incentive payments if that state puts a law on the books that limits attorneys� fees or imposes caps on damages.
So, you can�t try to seek alternatives to lawsuits if you�ve actually done something to implement alternatives to lawsuits. Brilliant! The trial lawyers must be very happy today!
People are starting to read this monster and the things that are coming out are very very bad indeed... Gutting Medicare Advantage (which my Dad is on), playing footsie with the actual costs -- this is major spending folks... The thing that really worries me is that if it does get put into place, disbanding it will be next to impossible -- once an agency is created, it takes on a life of its own and can be very nasty when cornered and fighting for its life. Posted by DaveH at October 30, 2009 8:07 PM
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