[Dukehorn]

There’s more than a little irony about a realtor in one of the wealthiest cities in the US talking about his views on poverty (and telling us it’s all good).

How about you head over to Detroit or the Rust Belt or some of the cities in Pennsylvania and then comment on the growth/stagnation of those blue collar cities? Have you ever been to some of the small towns in rural West Virginia or North Carolina? As for living like a “king” in these towns, where am I suppose to be employed?

Not trying to be an arse but you’re seriously out of touch with certain aspects of our society (and I’m not just talking about the microsm that is San Diego).

[Dukehorn]

Hi Allan,

I think tort reform is the big problem. As a lawyer practicing at a biotech, I don’t see the plaintiff industry giving in to it.

Uco’s point reflects the difficulty. Folks hate how our legal system impact costs, but then will point out cases in less litigious societies where it’s harder to bring “justice”.

Frankly, we can’t have it both ways. We can’t use our legal system to hold folks accountable and then complain when it spawns higher costs.

I’m willing to fall on the side of limiting verdicts and lowering costs in order to get universal healthcare in place (so yeah, call me a socialist but it’s actually quite the conservative pro-business viewpoint isn’t it? (tort reform that is)). We need the centrists to get into action….

[Dukehorn]

Hi Allan,

I think tort reform is the big problem. As a lawyer practicing at a biotech, I don’t see the plaintiff industry giving in to it.

Uco’s point reflects the difficulty. Folks hate how our legal system impact costs, but then will point out cases in less litigious societies where it’s harder to bring “justice”.

Frankly, we can’t have it both ways. We can’t use our legal system to hold folks accountable and then complain when it spawns higher costs.

I’m willing to fall on the side of limiting verdicts and lowering costs in order to get universal healthcare in place (so yeah, call me a socialist but it’s actually quite the conservative pro-business viewpoint isn’t it? (tort reform that is)). We need the centrists to get into action….

[Dukehorn]

Hi Allan,

I think tort reform is the big problem. As a lawyer practicing at a biotech, I don’t see the plaintiff industry giving in to it.

Uco’s point reflects the difficulty. Folks hate how our legal system impact costs, but then will point out cases in less litigious societies where it’s harder to bring “justice”.

Frankly, we can’t have it both ways. We can’t use our legal system to hold folks accountable and then complain when it spawns higher costs.

I’m willing to fall on the side of limiting verdicts and lowering costs in order to get universal healthcare in place (so yeah, call me a socialist but it’s actually quite the conservative pro-business viewpoint isn’t it? (tort reform that is)). We need the centrists to get into action….

[Dukehorn]

Hi Allan,

I think tort reform is the big problem. As a lawyer practicing at a biotech, I don’t see the plaintiff industry giving in to it.

Uco’s point reflects the difficulty. Folks hate how our legal system impact costs, but then will point out cases in less litigious societies where it’s harder to bring “justice”.

Frankly, we can’t have it both ways. We can’t use our legal system to hold folks accountable and then complain when it spawns higher costs.

I’m willing to fall on the side of limiting verdicts and lowering costs in order to get universal healthcare in place (so yeah, call me a socialist but it’s actually quite the conservative pro-business viewpoint isn’t it? (tort reform that is)). We need the centrists to get into action….

[Dukehorn]

Hi Allan,

I think tort reform is the big problem. As a lawyer practicing at a biotech, I don’t see the plaintiff industry giving in to it.

Uco’s point reflects the difficulty. Folks hate how our legal system impact costs, but then will point out cases in less litigious societies where it’s harder to bring “justice”.

Frankly, we can’t have it both ways. We can’t use our legal system to hold folks accountable and then complain when it spawns higher costs.

I’m willing to fall on the side of limiting verdicts and lowering costs in order to get universal healthcare in place (so yeah, call me a socialist but it’s actually quite the conservative pro-business viewpoint isn’t it? (tort reform that is)). We need the centrists to get into action….

[Dukehorn]

So one case and you’re willing to lose 2 years of life expectancy and add 5% of GDP?

Meanwhile 18,000 uninsured Americans are dying every year.

How do you propose handling the type of tort cases you linked? That’s not a healthcare issue per se, it’s a legal issue.

PS Boy, your compassion is pencil thin….. Did you have any suggestions on how Ms. White could get healthcare under her pre-existing condition or did she deserve to die?

[Dukehorn]

So one case and you’re willing to lose 2 years of life expectancy and add 5% of GDP?

Meanwhile 18,000 uninsured Americans are dying every year.

How do you propose handling the type of tort cases you linked? That’s not a healthcare issue per se, it’s a legal issue.

PS Boy, your compassion is pencil thin….. Did you have any suggestions on how Ms. White could get healthcare under her pre-existing condition or did she deserve to die?

[Dukehorn]

So one case and you’re willing to lose 2 years of life expectancy and add 5% of GDP?

Meanwhile 18,000 uninsured Americans are dying every year.

How do you propose handling the type of tort cases you linked? That’s not a healthcare issue per se, it’s a legal issue.

PS Boy, your compassion is pencil thin….. Did you have any suggestions on how Ms. White could get healthcare under her pre-existing condition or did she deserve to die?

[Dukehorn]

So one case and you’re willing to lose 2 years of life expectancy and add 5% of GDP?

Meanwhile 18,000 uninsured Americans are dying every year.

How do you propose handling the type of tort cases you linked? That’s not a healthcare issue per se, it’s a legal issue.

PS Boy, your compassion is pencil thin….. Did you have any suggestions on how Ms. White could get healthcare under her pre-existing condition or did she deserve to die?

[Dukehorn]

So one case and you’re willing to lose 2 years of life expectancy and add 5% of GDP?

Meanwhile 18,000 uninsured Americans are dying every year.

How do you propose handling the type of tort cases you linked? That’s not a healthcare issue per se, it’s a legal issue.

PS Boy, your compassion is pencil thin….. Did you have any suggestions on how Ms. White could get healthcare under her pre-existing condition or did she deserve to die?

[Dukehorn]

The 2nd “retelling” of Nikki White and how an educated 32 year old could die in the US from lupus complications due to the difficulty of getting healthcare.

Any easy way to analyze her missteps?

As for France, here’s a commonly quoted stat:

France spends 11 percent of its gross domestic product on health care and insures everyone and the United States spends 16.5 percent of G.D.P. and leaves 20 percent of adults under 65 uninsured.

Now let’s match it with longevity:

France is 80.98
US is 78.11

Less GDP for more longevity that includes both private and public options? Why not take a look at it?

Now to accomplish what France does, we’ll probably need tort reform to reduce the insurance premiums that doctors face.

[Dukehorn]

The 2nd “retelling” of Nikki White and how an educated 32 year old could die in the US from lupus complications due to the difficulty of getting healthcare.

Any easy way to analyze her missteps?

As for France, here’s a commonly quoted stat:

France spends 11 percent of its gross domestic product on health care and insures everyone and the United States spends 16.5 percent of G.D.P. and leaves 20 percent of adults under 65 uninsured.

Now let’s match it with longevity:

France is 80.98
US is 78.11

Less GDP for more longevity that includes both private and public options? Why not take a look at it?

Now to accomplish what France does, we’ll probably need tort reform to reduce the insurance premiums that doctors face.

[Dukehorn]

The 2nd “retelling” of Nikki White and how an educated 32 year old could die in the US from lupus complications due to the difficulty of getting healthcare.

Any easy way to analyze her missteps?

As for France, here’s a commonly quoted stat:

France spends 11 percent of its gross domestic product on health care and insures everyone and the United States spends 16.5 percent of G.D.P. and leaves 20 percent of adults under 65 uninsured.

Now let’s match it with longevity:

France is 80.98
US is 78.11

Less GDP for more longevity that includes both private and public options? Why not take a look at it?

Now to accomplish what France does, we’ll probably need tort reform to reduce the insurance premiums that doctors face.

[Dukehorn]

The 2nd “retelling” of Nikki White and how an educated 32 year old could die in the US from lupus complications due to the difficulty of getting healthcare.

Any easy way to analyze her missteps?

As for France, here’s a commonly quoted stat:

France spends 11 percent of its gross domestic product on health care and insures everyone and the United States spends 16.5 percent of G.D.P. and leaves 20 percent of adults under 65 uninsured.

Now let’s match it with longevity:

France is 80.98
US is 78.11

Less GDP for more longevity that includes both private and public options? Why not take a look at it?

Now to accomplish what France does, we’ll probably need tort reform to reduce the insurance premiums that doctors face.

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