Issa is probably adding in estimated defensive medicine costs. Problem is, no one really knows how much defensive medicine is fear of lawsuits and how much is doctors padding their pockets. I am sure some of both.
There is some tort craziness, but Big Business and Insurance lobbies put out a lot of just ridiculous stuff. Like the McDonalds Coffee case, which most people have heard only a teeny weeny part of. When people hear the whole story, their minds start to change.
parsy, who will find you a link on the medical stuff if you like
Well Parsy, I don’t doubt there’s tons of factors affecting medical costs...we need all the cost savers on the table and I’m not going to distrust Issa’s $200 billion/year with a wave of the hand. Yeah, I don’t doubt there’s corporate and doctor’s greed playing into this. The question is, how do we best clean it up, without giving in to the socialists...we’d best get about doing it, ‘cause they aint going away, the slimesuckers...