How American Health Care Became Broken...

[OldManOnCampus]

Malpractice lawsuits have already been addressed in a lot of states. In California the max amount for pain and suffering is $250K. That may seem like a lot but if your spouse or loved one is injured by a doctors mistake -is that enough for you? I don't think so. In Michigan it is almost impossible to find a malpractice attorney to take a case because of the limitations put into effect by a conservative Supreme Court.

As for people abusing the system, we are having the opposite problem right now. With welfare reform in the 90's, under President Clinton, the time people can spend on "the system" is very limited. The age of the welfare queen is over. A lot of people, who have been good honest taxpayers their whole lives, are finding that the safety net is no longer there.

As for health insurance reform causing small businesses to go under, I disagree there also. Right now only 58% of businesses offer insurance. The question is how many will be able to offer it in the future. Within 10 yrs the cost of a family insurance plan will probably cost $15k to $20K. How many small businesses will be able to offer it then?

I am not able to work- my wife was laid off last yr and has been unable to find anything. Our COBRA insurance was $988/month and we just were notified that after the Federal COBRA subsidy ends our new COBRA payment will be $1354/month. With my pre-existing conditions I have had a difficult time finding someone to cover me.

How can small businesses stay in business with costs skyrocketing like this. The insurance and financial indistries have proven that they cannot be trusted with the welfare of our nation. As a life long business person, I find government regulation to be stifling but we cannot risk the future of our nation on these to-big-to fail industries.