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Post by AztecWilliam on Aug 18, 2009 12:58:34 GMT -8
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Aug 18, 2009 13:23:50 GMT -8
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Post by aztecwin on Aug 18, 2009 17:11:31 GMT -8
Nor do I. I would also look at what could be done about malpractice insurance premiums.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 19, 2009 6:03:06 GMT -8
Nor do I. I would also look at what could be done about malpractice insurance premiums. That's where I stand. As long as insurance companies don't use it to increase their profits, I have no problem with it. =Bob
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Post by AlwaysAnAztec on Aug 19, 2009 7:49:59 GMT -8
Nor do I. I would also look at what could be done about malpractice insurance premiums. That's where I stand. As long as insurance companies don't use it to increase their profits, I have no problem with it. =Bob I read an article recently, can't remember where, that said Texas had passes tort reform specifically relating to medical malpractice a few years ago. The large awards went away but medical insurance costs still rose at the average rate for the country.
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Post by AztecWilliam on Aug 19, 2009 9:21:14 GMT -8
Nor do I. I would also look at what could be done about malpractice insurance premiums. That's where I stand. As long as insurance companies don't use it to increase their profits, I have no problem with it. =Bob So why not support the plan to create a national malpractice insurance pool with binding arbitration? That plan was recently suggested by Krauthammer and seconded by yours truly. AzWm
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Post by aztecwin on Aug 19, 2009 12:03:55 GMT -8
That's where I stand. As long as insurance companies don't use it to increase their profits, I have no problem with it. =Bob So why not support the plan to create a national malpractice insurance pool with binding arbitration? That plan was recently suggested by Krauthammer and seconded by yours truly. AzWm That plus a meaningful cap on malpractice suit awards beyond actual damages.
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 20, 2009 17:09:23 GMT -8
That's where I stand. As long as insurance companies don't use it to increase their profits, I have no problem with it. =Bob I read an article recently, can't remember where, that said Texas had passes tort reform specifically relating to medical malpractice a few years ago. The large awards went away but medical insurance costs still rose at the average rate for the country. The same is true for this state. It's the one thing that neither Pooh nor William have ever addressed when I bring it up other than to offer some vague statement along the lines of, "Well, I suppose some sort of insurance reform might be in order". Guys, California and Texas have tort reform and insurance premiums keep going up. Let's face a simple truth here - the only thing that interests you is seeing Obama beaten. It has nothing to do with your concerns for this country or your worries about deficits - it's simply a game to ensure that Obama gets a loss. Try admitting that and I might have more respect for you. =Bob
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 20, 2009 17:11:37 GMT -8
That's where I stand. As long as insurance companies don't use it to increase their profits, I have no problem with it. =Bob So why not support the plan to create a national malpractice insurance pool with binding arbitration? That plan was recently suggested by Krauthammer and seconded by yours truly. AzWm How does that lower the cost of insurance premiums? Do you really believe any insurance company would lower their premiums if that were enacted? I'm sorry that you're dumb enough to trust insurance companies. I am not. If you want tort reform, it has to also have caps on premiums. =Bob
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 20, 2009 17:12:54 GMT -8
So why not support the plan to create a national malpractice insurance pool with binding arbitration? That plan was recently suggested by Krauthammer and seconded by yours truly. AzWm That plus a meaningful cap on malpractice suit awards beyond actual damages. Which California and Texas have and it has not lowered the constant escalation of insurance premiums. Address that and then I'll be willing to address your ignorance when it comes to tort reform. =Bob
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Post by aztecwin on Aug 21, 2009 10:17:24 GMT -8
That plus a meaningful cap on malpractice suit awards beyond actual damages. Which California and Texas have and it has not lowered the constant escalation of insurance premiums. Address that and then I'll be willing to address your ignorance when it comes to tort reform. =Bob Why don't you ever read and remember what is being said? I have repeatedly said that the issue of insurance premiums must be looked at.
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Post by aztecwin on Aug 21, 2009 10:19:06 GMT -8
That plus a meaningful cap on malpractice suit awards beyond actual damages. Which California and Texas have and it has not lowered the constant escalation of insurance premiums. Address that and then I'll be willing to address your ignorance when it comes to tort reform. =Bob Ignorance? From you? The one who does not understand the most simple of issues? Good laugh for me! Thanks!
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Post by davdesid on Aug 21, 2009 14:35:08 GMT -8
>>Let's face a simple truth here - the only thing that interests you is seeing Obama beaten. It has nothing to do with your concerns for this country or your worries about deficits - it's simply a game to ensure that Obama gets a loss. Try admitting that and I might have more respect for you.<<the=Perfesser Now this is REALLY a big time hoot. Where are all the anti-war maggots today? It was all to hand Booooosh a defeat. Now that it's Obama's war.... <crickets chirping> Here is that flaming phony left wing turd Charles Gibson throwing Cindy Sheehan under the bus: pajamasmedia.com/instapundit/83819/Useful idiots no longer useful....
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Post by davdesid on Aug 21, 2009 16:49:43 GMT -8
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 21, 2009 17:28:06 GMT -8
Which California and Texas have and it has not lowered the constant escalation of insurance premiums. Address that and then I'll be willing to address your ignorance when it comes to tort reform. =Bob Why don't you ever read and remember what is being said? I have repeatedly said that the issue of insurance premiums must be looked at. Why don't you ever manage to figure out that "must be looked at" is a platitude that means nothing? It's not a matter of me not reading, it's a matter of you offering canards that have no meaning. Sorry, but you're offering nothing but Republican talking points. Try offering some solutions instead of offering crap and maybe you'll get me to "read and remember". =Bob
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 21, 2009 17:29:47 GMT -8
Which California and Texas have and it has not lowered the constant escalation of insurance premiums. Address that and then I'll be willing to address your ignorance when it comes to tort reform. =Bob Ignorance? From you? The one who does not understand the most simple of issues? Good laugh for me! Thanks! Nice job of avoiding my argument. Now that you've offered bull$#!+, would you like to address the fact that Texas and California have tort reform and insurance premiums continue to rise at a ridiculous rate? =Bob
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Post by aztecwin on Aug 22, 2009 6:18:50 GMT -8
Ignorance? From you? The one who does not understand the most simple of issues? Good laugh for me! Thanks! Nice job of avoiding my argument. Now that you've offered bull$#!+, would you like to address the fact that Texas and California have tort reform and insurance premiums continue to rise at a ridiculous rate? =Bob I have addressed the insurance issue repeatedly. You just can't read! What's new?
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Post by Bob Forsythe on Aug 24, 2009 10:35:44 GMT -8
>>Let's face a simple truth here - the only thing that interests you is seeing Obama beaten. It has nothing to do with your concerns for this country or your worries about deficits - it's simply a game to ensure that Obama gets a loss. Try admitting that and I might have more respect for you.<<the=Perfesser Now this is REALLY a big time hoot. Where are all the anti-war maggots today? It was all to hand Booooosh a defeat. Now that it's Obama's war.... <crickets chirping> The extreme left have never agreed with Afghanistan, but most of us on the left considered it a necessary war. Iraq is pretty much winding down so there's not the outrage that there was when Bush invaded and pretty much screwed everything up until Patraeus saves his ass. Surely even you can see the difference. =Bob
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Post by davdesid on Aug 24, 2009 13:55:15 GMT -8
>>Let's face a simple truth here - the only thing that interests you is seeing Obama beaten. It has nothing to do with your concerns for this country or your worries about deficits - it's simply a game to ensure that Obama gets a loss. Try admitting that and I might have more respect for you.<<the=Perfesser Now this is REALLY a big time hoot. Where are all the anti-war maggots today? It was all to hand Booooosh a defeat. Now that it's Obama's war.... <crickets chirping> The extreme left have never agreed with Afghanistan, but most of us on the left considered it a necessary war. Iraq is pretty much winding down so there's not the outrage that there was when Bush invaded and pretty much screwed everything up until Patraeus saves his ass. Surely even you can see the difference. =Bob Oh, gimme a break. When Johnson was run out of office, the left quickly dubbed Viet Nam to be "Nixon's War". I can remember the chants from your ilk... "Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh, NLF is gonna win". There are still some 130,000 troops in Iraq. You posted on the old ".org" site, about a year ago, that you wanted the troops out NOW!! NOW, NOW, NOW! Well? Now that Iraq is "Obama's War", the "moral urgency" doesn't seem to be so urgent, does it? No outrage anymore? Of course not.
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Post by aztecwin on Aug 24, 2009 15:28:27 GMT -8
What none of us want to think about is that it matters little if it is Iraq, Afghanistan, Iran, Lebanon or where. We are going to be exposed to Radical Islam in the Middle East far longer than any of us will be around unless someone loses their cool and let it go nuke. In that case we would be forced to abandon any idea of limiting collateral damage and just level the entire Middle East.
Obama now owns this mess lock, stock and barrel just as the next POTUS in 2012 will then own it. There is no easy diplomatic or political solution just as a military solution would or will be ugly.
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