Why No Tort Reform?

Click on the title to read a great article about why there is nothing in any of the current bill drafts about tort reform. If our legislators were really serious about health care reform, tort reform would be a major part as it would result in huge cost savings, bring down insurance premiums and enable many physicians to remain in practice. It is both revealing and disturbing that Howard Dean himself admits that the reason there is nothing about tort reform in the bill is because they "didn't want to take on the trial lawyers along with everyone else they were taking on." What kind of thinking is that?? Why would you ignore something that could bring about true cost savings and make a real difference? Could it be because the Trial Lawyers have a powerful lobby and are in the tank for Obama? Could it be because so many of our legislators are lawyers? What is going on here? For example, House Bill 3200 has a provision that physicians would get to keep only a certain percentage of their practices. How much will lawyers get to keep of their practices? Does any of this apply to them at all? The answer so far is no. Until they look seriously at measures that can bring about true reform, I would have to say that our legislators seem more interested in a power grab than anything else.