Posted on 08/18/2009 7:41:09 AM PDT by PJ-Comix
Your humble correspondent has had problems with the Orlando Sentinel in the past, especially when it published a silly global warming alarmism story which presented various map scenarios of Florida being flooded over. However, I must extend congratulations to that periodical for its excellent live blog coverage of a phony stacked deck "town hall" meeting conducted by Congressman Alan Grayson which could serve as a model for other newspapers on how to cover such events. First a description of the event as covered in the regular way via Orlando Sentinel article:
Grayson's hastily called meeting took place in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers union hall, which limited attendance to about 120 members of the public. It also was scheduled just after a regular meeting of local Democrats, some of whom stayed behind for the town hall in the scarce seats.
Outside the building, hundreds of frustrated people who could not get inside waved signs and chanted for and against the proposals.
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
PING!
8:43:46 PM
.. Came in response to Grayson saying he had never seen any evidence that tort reform would significantly change the cost of health reform.
Alan Grayson is a lawyer who at one time even worked for Ruth Bader Ginsberg. He'll deny tort reform will work till the day he dies.
They can’t win unless they cheat. Now we just need a Party with the balls to end the cheating. Too bad there isn’t one of those around.
break ... 1st answer from The Lid:
The accounting firm Pricewaterhouse Coopers says about 10 percent of the cost of medical service is attributable to medical malpractice lawsuits. Roughly 2 percent is caused by direct costs of the lawsuits; an additional 5 percent to 9 percent is due to expenses run up by defensive medicine.source: Tort Reform Can Lower Costs Without Harming Health Care. So Why Isn’t It in Obama’s Plan?
So right off the bat, Grayson is off by 100% on direct costs alone and we know damned well physicians practice defensive medicine. One only needs to see all those commercials trolling for clients to know this. Now to find that PwC study.
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