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love him or hate him, here's ralph's new one:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 23, 2004
Nader Urges Kerry to Pick John Edwards as Vice President He is vetted and prepared and will defend the right of Americans to sue corporations that injure them.
John Kerry John Kerry for President, Inc. 901 15th Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005
Dear Senator Kerry:
I want to urge you to select Senator John Edwards as your vice presidential candidate. He has already gone through a primary campaign and has his rhythm and oratory (the two Americas speech) all well honed. After a slow start, Senator Edwards closed fast and has won praise from the media. As you know, Presidential candidates reach a tiny fraction of voters directly. The vast majority of voters can only be reached by the mass media.
There is another reason for choosing Senator Edwards. One of the pillars (the other two being civil rights and civil liberties) of our democracy – the civil justice system – is under severe attack by the corporate supremacists who wish to deny wrongfully injured or defrauded people from having their full day in court or even a partial day in court. Senator Edwards can stand up for the millions of Americans who suffer these harms and costs every year.
Sincerely,
Ralph Nader
Some facts on malpractice and the need for a civil justice system that allows right of consumers to sue.
According to the Harvard School of Public Health Physicians, 80,000 Americans die every year from medical negligence or worse just in hospitals alone. Hundreds of thousands are significantly injured. By comparison with the insurance premiums paid, one of the Harvard physicians estimated the cost of medical malpractice casualties to be over $60 billion a year. Only ten percent of medical malpractice victims even file a claim.
For more information visit Citizen.org and Centerjd.org (the web sites include data countering the allegation that doctors are abandoning their practice) and other relevant topics regarding medical malpractice and tort litigation.
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