Posted on 01/21/2024 4:00:41 PM PST by CFW
If you want to seek a redress of some grievance, most people start with a lawsuit. This is partially responsible for the fact that in 2023 there are 1.33 million attorneys in America and only 1.08 million doctors. What happens when people figure out how to use these lawsuits not just for a redress of grievance but to attack others?
Take, for example, the case of Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer. In this case, Acheson Hotels claims that Deborah Laufer filed a lawsuit against them not because she was harmed by their hotel but because she is an activist using the Americans with Disability Act to harass companies who do not advertise whether or not they have handicapped-accessible rooms. While the Supreme Court found that the case was moot, both the facts of the case and the court’s decision point to what appears to be a case of Ms. Laufer using lawsuits for both revenge and profit.
Standing
The fundamental question the Supreme Court was asked to decide in Acheson Hotels, LLC v. Laufer was standing. Did Ms. Laufer have standing to sue Acheson Hotels? The Free Legal Dictionary defines standing as:
Standing sometimes referred to as standing to sue, is the name of the federal law doctrine that focuses on whether a prospective plaintiff can show that some personal legal interest has been invaded by the defendant. It is not enough that a person is merely interested as a member of the general public in the resolution of the dispute. The person must have a personal stake in the outcome of the controversy.
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It also worries me that attorneys are no longer entering the field in order to pursue justice, but instead only for obtaining wealth and connections for personal gain or for the "social justice" we see promoted in law schools.
But regarding our current public health institutions, it is coming to the point that you will have better luck consulting the 80 year-old lady in a broken down cottage by the river regarding your ills than what we have in the medical field.
They’re suffocating the rest of the nation.
Should shut down most the law schools. We’ve got more than we’ll ever need.
Yeah, and half of them probably work for government in some capacity.
Opps, I left out a word in the title. It should read:
“1.08 MILLION doctors”.
p.t.Barnum said long ago there’s a sucker born every minute and two to take him. now it’s a doctor born every minute and two to sue him.
What do you call 200 lawyers dead at the bottom of the sea? A GOOD START.
I agree that lawyers suck until you need one, and need a good one.
And it still takes an act of god to see either type.
Unless you’re an illegal of course.
Sadly, and I’m a doc, I think you may have nailed it.
God help us on steroids.
“the United States has one of the lowest number of physicians per capita, largely due to deliberate efforts to limit the overall physician workforce.
"There's a huge scarcity of primary care doctors, like pediatricians, and many of us are operating in a scarcity framework without enough resources," said Elizabeth Erickson, a professor at Duke University's School of Medicine.
In 1981, a report from the Graduate Medical Education National Advisory Committee concluded that the country would soon face a massive physician surplus and recommended actions to limit the number of new domestic physicians, as well as immigrant physicians. In response to the report, the federal government reduced funding for both medical school scholarships and residency training programs.
In addition, U.S. medical schools enacted a moratorium from 1980 to 2005, which limited the number of new medical schools and restricted medical school class sizes. Although the U.S. population grew by 60 million people during that period, the number of medical school graduates remained mostly stagnant and has not completely rebounded even after the moratorium ended, Thompson writes.
Separately, the process to become a physician in the United States is more arduous and expensive than other peer countries, particularly those in Europe. According to Thompson, the United States requires doctors to earn a four-year bachelor's degree, as well as attend four years of medical school, but most European countries have one continuous six-year medical program instead. In addition, many medical school graduates have between $200,000 and $400,000 in student loans when they enter the workforce.
However, American doctors' longer training periods have not translated into better health for Americans as a whole, Thompson writes. In fact, a recent study found that Americans die earlier than their European counterparts at every age and income level.”
At least we pay our Doctors a lot more.
I’m with Dick the Butcher.
“I agree that lawyers suck until you need one, and need a good one.”
Lawyers are like morticians, you don’t really want them around unless you really need them.
Spay or neuter all attorneys, and tax them heavily.
“How the U.S. capped its physician supply”
Yep. The same way the medical field lobbyists convince state legislatures to pass CON (The Certificate of Need) laws which limit the number of certain medical facilities in each city. Such laws prevent competition and keeps prices for medical services higher than they normally would be.
Years ago, in the largest city near where I live, you could only get an MRI at one of the two local hospitals. If your physician thought you needed a scan, they wrote up an order and off you went to the hospital. It cost either you or your insurance company sometimes thousands of dollars.
Several years ago something happened (and I’m not sure what or if it was only specific to MRI’s) they allowed a couple of independent MRI centers to open and now you can get any MRI for $400 to $600 bucks instead of thousands. In addition, almost every major orthopedic physician’s office has their own MRI machine and you simply go down the hall for your scan. (I need to research this issue further).
I believe there is a law being introduced in the Georgia legislature this year to do away with CON laws altogether. SC repeated that state’s CON laws last year.
Competition causes prices to drop. Hospitals do not like competition.
“Lawfare” must be a trendy new Gen Z term. It isn’t even in my Webster’s New World Dictionary, College Edition, which was published during the Reagan presidency. When I first heard it, I thought it referred to some sort of welfare, such as providing free legal services to the needy, but it apparently refers to the pursuit of civil lawsuits.
I read that of all the lawyers on the planet, the US of A has over 75%.
THAT’S the problem.
““Lawfare” must be a trendy new Gen Z term”
No, it’s not a new Gen Z term. It’s an old term used in the legal field for those that use the law as a weapon and make the process the punishment. Those that file lawsuit after lawsuit against a group or individual in order to bankrupt them or ruin their reputation is engaging in lawfare.
Basically when using the law as a weapon instead of a sword or firearm equals “Lawfare”.
We need to start deporting shysters. Get rid of about 1 million of those azhoes.
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