Kepler
Si certus es dubita
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Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
I'm sure somebody somewhere has their hand in it. I dunno, West Virginia? The corn lobby has kept the ethanol scam going for 20 years.
I'm sure somebody somewhere has their hand in it. I dunno, West Virginia? The corn lobby has kept the ethanol scam going for 20 years.
WeWantMore
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
It's nice to see he's now interested in medical malpractice reform. If only there was a bill last year that could have been included in...
It's nice to see he's now interested in medical malpractice reform. If only there was a bill last year that could have been included in...
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
Bachmann's grasp of American history is a prime example of what happens when nutters like the Texas Board of Education decide what should be in textbooks.
Bachmann's grasp of American history is a prime example of what happens when nutters like the Texas Board of Education decide what should be in textbooks.
ScoobyDoo
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
Corn lobby. Oil lobby. They've been hampering real progress on energy for years. It's sad and it isn't the way capitalism is supposed to work.
This is America, Pal. In America we're entitled to our own facts. This is a free country dag nab it.
Corn lobby. Oil lobby. They've been hampering real progress on energy for years. It's sad and it isn't the way capitalism is supposed to work.
This is America, Pal. In America we're entitled to our own facts. This is a free country dag nab it.
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
Oh, and I suppose you doubt Jesus was at the Alamo?
Oh, and I suppose you doubt Jesus was at the Alamo?
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
"You are entitled to your own opinion. You're not entitled to your own facts."
"You are entitled to your own opinion. You're not entitled to your own facts."
ScoobyDoo
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
What's that European nonsense? This is America. In America we're entitled to our own everything.
What's that European nonsense? This is America. In America we're entitled to our own everything.
unofan
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
Which will save us what? .001% of the budget every year in lowered health care costs?
Frivilous claims aren't a major issue - no lawyer is going to front the expenses of hiring experts to testify unless there's a decent shot at collecting.
The problem is that medical science has evolved to the point that you're better off financially if your negligence kills someone rather than merely severely injuring them. Lost wages and loss of consortium are miniscule compared to "future pain, suffering, and medical expenses." Capping malpractice claims simply shifts the burden from the doctors who screwed up to the unlucky SOB that survived that foul up but now has to eat through a pouch on his belt.
We'd save more money going to single payer and eliminating the overlapping paperwork/staff for various insurance companies than we would by tort reform.
Which will save us what? .001% of the budget every year in lowered health care costs?
Frivilous claims aren't a major issue - no lawyer is going to front the expenses of hiring experts to testify unless there's a decent shot at collecting.
The problem is that medical science has evolved to the point that you're better off financially if your negligence kills someone rather than merely severely injuring them. Lost wages and loss of consortium are miniscule compared to "future pain, suffering, and medical expenses." Capping malpractice claims simply shifts the burden from the doctors who screwed up to the unlucky SOB that survived that foul up but now has to eat through a pouch on his belt.
We'd save more money going to single payer and eliminating the overlapping paperwork/staff for various insurance companies than we would by tort reform.
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
The savings isn't from the actual cost paid out in lawsuits. The savings is in not having the cost of unnecessary tests and lower malpractice costs. That number has been extimated to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $700B/yr.
The savings isn't from the actual cost paid out in lawsuits. The savings is in not having the cost of unnecessary tests and lower malpractice costs. That number has been extimated to be somewhere in the neighborhood of $700B/yr.
Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
There's going to be messy ash no matter what, but there are some strategies that can produce clean combustion gas, notably gassification and oxyfuels.
There's going to be messy ash no matter what, but there are some strategies that can produce clean combustion gas, notably gassification and oxyfuels.
ScoobyDoo
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1870599,00.html
Even Popular Mechanics agrees.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/4339171
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1870599,00.html
Even Popular Mechanics agrees.
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/coal-oil-gas/4339171
Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
Do you have any idea how expensive malpractice insurance is?
walrus
Wind up workin' in a gas station
Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
Can't have Nukes though, every lake in Maine is a cesspool of Mercury from coal fired plants in the midwest
Kepler
Si certus es dubita
Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
How much of malpractice insurance is driven by "frivolity"? There is such a thing as malpractice, after all.
How much of malpractice insurance is driven by "frivolity"? There is such a thing as malpractice, after all.
Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
An interesting article from Inc. Magazine about how the tax rates and government run health care in Norway affect small business and how it compares with the U.S..
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110201/in-norway-start-ups-say-ja-to-socialism.html
Excerpt:
"Norway is also full of entrepreneurs like Wiggo Dalmo. Rates of start-up creation here are among the highest in the developed world, and Norway has more entrepreneurs per capita than the United States, according to the latest report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a Boston-based research consortium. A 2010 study released by the U.S. Small Business Administration reported a similar result: Although America remains near the top of the world in terms of entrepreneurial aspirations -- that is, the percentage of people who want to start new things—in terms of actual start-up activity, our country has fallen behind not just Norway but also Canada, Denmark, and Switzerland."
An interesting article from Inc. Magazine about how the tax rates and government run health care in Norway affect small business and how it compares with the U.S..
http://www.inc.com/magazine/20110201/in-norway-start-ups-say-ja-to-socialism.html
Excerpt:
"Norway is also full of entrepreneurs like Wiggo Dalmo. Rates of start-up creation here are among the highest in the developed world, and Norway has more entrepreneurs per capita than the United States, according to the latest report by the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor, a Boston-based research consortium. A 2010 study released by the U.S. Small Business Administration reported a similar result: Although America remains near the top of the world in terms of entrepreneurial aspirations -- that is, the percentage of people who want to start new things—in terms of actual start-up activity, our country has fallen behind not just Norway but also Canada, Denmark, and Switzerland."
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Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
In Michele Bachmann's America, doctors never make mistakes.
In Michele Bachmann's America, doctors never make mistakes.
Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
But they can afford it
just thought I'd save people the time having to type it
that is the answer for everything, right?
But they can afford it
just thought I'd save people the time having to type it
that is the answer for everything, right?
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