Conner is very misinformed. Look in the closest phone book regarding your champions of justice. Many lawyers salivate at the opportunity take a doctor (s) to trial with very little merit. I've had two frivilous lawsuits in 20 years of practice. The last was drawn out over 6 years wrecking my insurance and my wifes health. Both cases were eventually ruled meritless and thrown out of court by jury. Several jury members, after the last trial said they knew from opening arguments that the plaintif had no case yet the trial had to drag out for 2 weeks. Most medical lawsuits end like this or settling out of court to avoid the expense of trial.
Yes...defensive medicine costs billions of dollars Conner.

Your article is right on the money. The only, only reason that drugs and health care costs so much in the U.S. is lawyers. Being a neurologist and having had 2 frivilous lawsuits filed against me and many more against fellow physicians, I am more than qualified to say this. Billions of dollars are spent on defensive or "cover your rear end" tests each year in fear of lawyers. Oftentimes doctors are sued and lose on junk science (etiology of cerebral palsy ) as was the case in which John Edwards made his fortune. Drug manufactures - one bad drug after a mandatory 7 years of FDA testing and they are bankrupt. To cover themselves drug cos. and docs pay increasingly outragous malpractice premiums ($180,000 for rural OB/GYNs). No one can...

Your article is right on the money. The only, only reason that drugs and health care costs so much in the U.S. is lawyers. Being a neurologist and having had 2 frivilous lawsuits filed against me and many more against fellow physicians, I am more than qualified to say this. Billions of dollars are spent on defensive or "cover your a.." tests each year in fear of lawyers. Oftentimes doctors are sued and lose on junk science (etiology of cerebral palsy ) as was the case in which John Edwards made his fortune. Drug manufactures - one bad drug after a mandatory 7 years of FDA testing and they are bankrupt. To cover themselves drug cos. and docs pay increasingly outragous malpractice premiums ($180,000 for rural OB/GYNs). No one can afford...

Very good article. I am currently an American Ex-Pat who vowed to leave the U.S. if socialism were voted in. It took some time for me to figure out this Zelaya event. It occured shortly after the Trinidad Chevez/Obama buddy/buddy meeting and after the announcement that diplomats would once again return to Venezula. The disavowing of Honduras by the U.S. happened overnight it seemed and now to sanction a hungry 3rd world nation. I'm currently living in Venezuela and can uniquely observe the situation here. It seems that Obama mirrors every move Chavez makes. This would include auto maker deals, a recent order for socialism to be taught in schools (with soc. monitors in each classroom I might add), improved relations with Castro and on...

Obama thinking only of himself and his agenda! Let's see... how many auto-biographies does he have? Only 2 at this early stage thus far I believe. Don't you know he looks in the mirror each morning and thinks "I'm the greatest". When would he have time to listen?

Being in Venezuela now, the simularities between Chevez's socialism and Obama's are striking. It's as if Obama is following his lead in every area. Currently Chevez is wanting to put socialism doctrine i.e. Bolvariaism in public schools with socialist monitors in each school. Of course protesters face 20 years imprisonment. Obama also sides with Chevez on the Honduras situation where basically the latters leader was kicked out by the people for wanting to advance socialism. Obama and his secretive bunch and Chevez are on the same page. Wake up America or you're headed for 3rd world status.

The only reason health care in the U.S. is so expensive is trial lawyers. Being a physician we must practice defensive medicine i.e. ordering every applicable test to rule out any possibility or run the risk of a suit. It costs billions to pay for this. It is like taking your car to a mechanic with a wierd electrical problem and he either gets it right the first time or he loses everything. He therefore must check every wire and circuit and replace anything even questionable. Drug companies are in a similar state. If a prtentially harmful side effect isn't identified in a minimum of 7 years testing and one developes... the drug company is class actioned out of business. Why is this not being addressed as Bush Jr. promissed? Most...

The only reason health care in the U.S. is so expensive is trial lawyers. Being a physician we must practice defensive medicine i.e. ordering every applicable test to rule out any possibility or run the risk of a suit. It costs billions to pay for this. It is like taking your car to a mechanic with a wierd electrical problem and he either gets it right the first time or he loses everything. He therefore must check every wire and circuit and replace anything even questionable. Drug companies are in a similar state. If a prtentially harmful side effect isn't identified in a minimum of 7 years testing and one developes... the drug company is class actioned out of business. Why is this not being addressed as Bush Jr. promissed? Most...