Eisboch wrote:

"HK" wrote in message
m...


In the criminal justice system, as you know, there are steps that have
to be completed before a trial takes place, and among these is a grand
jury proceeding.

Now, unfortunately, many grand juries are little more than sessions
that rubber stamp whatever a prosecutor wishes, but not all are that way.

In some jurisdictions, parties to a civil suit have to go through some
sort of arbitration before a trial can be scheduled.


Whatever. I hope the woman and her lawyer in Tom's case were laughed
out of the courtroom, along with a stern admonishment by the judge.

Eisboch

This is why we need Tort reform and "loser pays" put into law.

Don White wrote:
"John H" wrote in message
...
Canada is not a great example of same:

" With respect to patient's rights, waiting times and availability of
pharmaceuticals Canada places at the absolute bottom in the rankings.

Canada ranks dead last in the "Bang-for-the-Buck" index (Estonia is
first in the value-for-money-adjusted "Bang-for-the-Buck" index). "

http://tinyurl.com/mxq9ut


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John H


Well Johnny..we have a major handicap...living next door to the US.
We have to pay our doctors, specialists, nurses etc. well (by Canadian
standards) or they can easily pull up stakes and take their subsidized
educations and knowledge to the US for more money.
I wonder how the pay rates for Canada and some of the European countries
compare.
Also, when you had Reagan and we had Mulroney running our countries...the
big US drug companies were hounding us about our generic drugs.
At the time we only gave them a 7 year period to gouge the public before
generic companies could manufacture similar products.
After our 'conservative' government bowed to presssure and bribes (promises
to produce more brand name drugs here) our lackey gave in and changed the
protected time period to 15 years. This dramatically raised drug costs up
here....at who's benefit?



The patient that needs that drug.

You continue to become increasingly dumber. Do you think new drugs just
appear out of thin air, dummy? What do you think it costs to bring a
new drug to market? Don't think too hard, we all know you are impaired.

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 16:20:09 -0700, jps wrote:

You think the insurance company would cover his pre-existing
condition?

What are you talking about? It's my insurance, not his. Mine covers
existing conditions after six months.

You can burn through a ****load of cash in six months. I just watched
a family member burn through a lot of medicaide money in two weeks.

Yes you can. I was covered before it got super expensive. Many people
burn down their life savings. I need a new heart valve and that costs
a lot.

Casady

On Jun 1, 6:40*pm, Richard Casady wrote:
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 11:30:15 -0700, jps wrote:
On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:04:19 -0500, Richard Casady
wrote:

On Mon, 01 Jun 2009 01:01:53 -0700, jps wrote:

The poor schmuck who walks into a hospital with a problem and no
insurance will end up without money or a house in no time.

Considering that I got affordable insurance, about average cost, after
they knew I had cancer, you would have to be a schmuck to get zeroed
out financially.

Casady

What were you doing with cancer and no insurance, schmuck?

Self insured with over a mil cash more or less gathering dust in a
money market account. I have been saving my money in case I took a
major uninsured hit, or the Dow went to near zero. Anyone can sue for
anything, and juries are sometimes nuts. I have saved most of my
income for decades.I haven't had a new car since 1975. A Volvo wagon
with the last of the pushrod motors

Treatment seems to be successful, and it wasn't financial disaster. I
would feel lucky, except 7 out of 8 don't get it. I am grateful for a
life expectency. They x-rayed my neck to the point where I can only
turn my head about 45 degrees, and I will never be able to have
swallow solid food. I can drink liquids at least.
I have a tube into my stomach for swill. Smoking and drinking is a bad
combination for causing oral cancer. They told me to quit drinking,
but it is ok to pour the beer into the feeding bag.

Very sorry to hear about all of that, Richard. Good luck in the
future.