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Thinkingabout

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10. Tort reform took the wind out of the sail on suing, before Obama care.

Reply to Archae (Original post)

Sun Jun 16, 2013, 09:54 PM

Jun 2013

In the early days after ACA was passed I was sitting in a medical waiting room listening to a Medicare patient claim "we had good medical care until Obamacare passed and now it is ruined". I continued to listen and of course where did she get her source, FOX news.

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Serious question about Obamacare... [View all] Archae Jun 2013 OP

Total horseshit. It's coming from the same people who thought tort reform would solve our problems. Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #1

Cite? Archae Jun 2013 #2

Here is proof that Brits can sue for malpractice... Gravitycollapse Jun 2013 #6

It's BS magellan Jun 2013 #3

"a forwarded e-mail" is a red flag. Does this email have any citations or links? arcane1 Jun 2013 #4

Already deleted the e-mail, since it was a forward. Archae Jun 2013 #7

here's a cite Cicada Jun 2013 #5

Thanks for the cite, BUT... Archae Jun 2013 #8

Even with cites, you can assume it is wrong. Curmudgeoness Jun 2013 #9

Tort reform took the wind out of the sail on suing, before Obama care. Thinkingabout Jun 2013 #10

More RW BS. Obamacare regulates medical insurance. kestrel91316 Jun 2013 #11