Guess this is going to be a pretty mundane post since I don't have much to contribute, but it looks like Sen. Ben Nelson is going to support the latest legislation on healthcare after a few rewordings regarding abortion. In my own humble opinion i don't like this current legislation that much because it does nothing to address the need for tort reform which would bring down insurace costs that doctors have to pay and thus reduce cost for the care that they provide. While i think we can be happy that the public option was defeated i wonder how many years it'll be before the government again tries to insert this option through legislation under the guise of trying to help those who have difficulty affording private healthcare coverage.
That along with many more questions makes this a far from perfect legislation and one that i fear will do more harm than good.
-Zach
Thanks for the tort reform nod in your post. As a physician, I've been victimized by the medical liability system more than once. It's a shame that doctors have to waste money ordering tests to protect our legal vulnerability rather than to protect patients. See www.MDWhistleblower.blogspot.com
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