Why do Republicans always try to get rid of things that help out the little guy?

by **wahchintonka48** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:49 pm

Republicans have pushing the lie that medical malpractice lawsuits are the reason why healthcare is so high. It sounds nice, but it's not true. Republicans always run with lies that sound true, and get people to vote against their best interests. Read below and you'll see another Republican lie debunked

But, contrary to the tort reformers’ narrative, the decrease in litigation has not remotely curbed healthcare costs. Even though malpractice payments have decreased 12 percent since 2000, national healthcare expenditures have increased 96 percent. These facts thoroughly discredit the claim of House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) that malpractice litigation is responsible for soaring healthcare spending.

The developments in Texas, which in 2003 implemented one of the nation’s most restrictive malpractice laws, are even more convincing. Since 2003, the value of malpractice payments in the state has decreased by about 70 percent. But per capita healthcare spending in the state, especially for Medicare, has outpaced the national average, as Public Citizen reported last year. The Journal of Empirical Legal Studies last month published a study that also concluded that the Texas litigation restrictions have not reduced costs.

The head of the organization that spent the most to campaign for the Texas law does not dispute these findings, nor does he offer any apologies. “We never claimed that lawsuit reform would reduce consumer healthcare costs,” said Jon Opelt , executive director of the Texas Alliance for Patient Access.

by **tahmelapachme33** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:50 pm

Yes

That is their bag.

Can you name one thing after Nixon that the GOP has done that helped anyone but the rich?

by **napayshni65** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 9:52 pm

"Why do Republicans always try to get rid of things that help out the little guy?"

Because the big guys pay out much much bigger bribes to politicians to get politicians to favor corporate giants like Walmart over the little guy.

Simple as that. Little guy mostly does not have the Lobby (bribe) Power that Corporations have. Yes the little guy does have the Unions but all too often the guys running the union are power tripping which reduces the effectiveness of the Union...and of course Republicans have been on a Union busting spree for the last 20 years...because they think the little guy should fork over more bribe money or take the shaft like a man.

by **vruyk** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:00 pm

Your sighting one or two cases against millions filed. Nice try skippy, But your full of it,
The trial lawyers are owned by the democrats. Has been that way for the past 50
years. Thanks for the spin though,

by **choviohoya** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:08 pm

You know, I ALMOST thought you were going to make a valid point, until I saw the desperate attempt to use legal terms and "Alternet" as a source. Thanks for giving an attorney a laugh!

by **nemausus36** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:20 pm

These numbskulls didn't even read the article or anything you posted. They want to keep their bias intact and you're not letting them

by **otis** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:22 pm

Because their morons who only care about the wealthy

by **alburt** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:24 pm

Because their morons who only care about the wealthy

They don't! You are the victim of a paranoid delusion implanted by left-wing propagandist.

by **wakeley58** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:39 pm

alternet, buwahahahahahaha, back to wankerland until you have a good troll.

by **modraed** » Sat Jul 28, 2012 10:40 pm

alternet, buwahahahahahaha, back to wankerland until you have a good troll.

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