Reply #11: And will this be confined to ideas offered, or will anyone be

[Jefferson23]

challenged with substantiated facts as they spew the same crap about medical malpractice as a serious cost problem related to health care.

Tort Reform Unlikely to Cut Health Care Costs

Studies Show Malpractice Awards Are Not Big Driver of Skyrocketing Costs
http://washingtonindependent.com/55535/tort-reform-unlikely-to-cut-health-care-costs

I want to hear anyone defend (Blue Dogs included), WHY they do not wish to eliminate a federal antitrust exemption for health insurance.



From the OP: "He said he would seek specific answers from Republicans on how they would propose to lower costs, extend coverage to the uninsured and revise insurance rules which currently block those with pre-existing conditions from getting coverage.

The half-day meeting will take place on 25 February, after a congressional break between 15 to 19 February.(end)


If Obama is going to publicly throw this ball in their court, GREAT strategy!

If no honest conversation about how to achieve meaningful health insurance reform is the result, then fuck them all.