Most Americans cannot remember when the United States was a free country. I can remember when there was very little social security, when the local county took care of the needy. When abortion was considered murder. When live-ins would be charged and hauled to jail for adultery.
When pregnant single women were a disgrace but their family would help in any way they could. This was before WW II and FDR was considered a radical socialist. Now the conservatives sound more socialistic than FDR. They argue over the degree of socialism, not the principle involved.
What do you think of the oft-heard attempts by spokescreatures for the legal industry to deflect the blame for this (the destruction of the American medical profession) onto the insurance companies? Does it hold any water? Please comment.
You need to understand that those lawyers who bedevil honest business or other professions with contrived suits--including many of the high profile "class actions"--are only a very tiny percentage of the profession--or of the Trial lawyers in the profession. I agree that those who have brought many of these high profile cases, seeking to blame businesses for all the problems of humanity, are a menace. However, they have been succeeding because of a number of reasons, which go to a mucher deeper, Socialist mindset, which the Class-Action lawyers are hardly the principal cause for.
As for the mess in the medical profession, I would agree that overly aggressive lawyers have certainly had a major impact. But consider, also, the even greater impact of the Federal involvement via Medicare and Medicaid. (See Medicare--Panacea or Death Potion!.)
We are on a collision course with total economic disaster in America, and while it is amusing to seek to blame specific players, very few--even among the alarmists--are really willing to take on the overall situation, head on.
William Flax