From: Christopher Hudert <heyhoot-AT-mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2009 12:47:21 -0400
To: puptcrit-AT-puptcrit.org
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Puppetry Insurance



On Mar 31, 2009, at 11:54 AM, Ed Atkeson wrote:

> CH >>> Tort  reform would go a long way to curbing the spiraling costs
> of insurance.
> ---------------------------------------------
> Working on 90,000 deaths a year from medical mistakes would help too.
> Instead of making it so people have less redress, make the root 
> problem go away.
> best,
> Ed

Not less redress, better and more reasonable redress. That would be 
good Tort reform. Outrageous monetary awards to those who suffer from 
these mistakes is not the answer. Those making these mistakes are not 
suffering too much as their insurance companies end up paying. Who pays 
for the insurance? Only a small part is from the one who made the 
"mistake," the majority of the award comes from the pool to which 
better doctors and all of those who can afford medical insurance pay 
into. There needs to be a reasonable limit to awards, coupled with some 
real consequence for their action. There is no responsibility with out 
accountability, and no accountability without appropriate consequence. 
Might as well include my whole axiom:

There are no rights without responsibility.
There is no responsibility without accountability.
There is no accountability without consequence.

You can quote me on that.

That's as far into this debate as I will be drawn on this forum. I'm 
already sorry I brought it up here. (Not that I bring it up at all, 
just probably shouldn't have done it here.) If there is further 
discussion here, I will be on the sidelines.

Christopher

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