If what we really have is an ongoing contest between the insurance industry and the legal industry, then more insurance executives need to run for public office to get the kind of laws that don't distort the situations you discuss. Or at least provide a bigger and wider discussion of the flaws and hindrances that you have been describing.
For the medically related situations, going to a first party payer system would seem to also drastically reduce the false billing scenario, as doctors and related services would be subject to real market competition vs. our current flawed system.
💯 My town made pan handling illegal in 2019, virtually solved the homeless problem, then they were sued, lost, had to give 100s of thousands of dollars to all these homeless people, are appealing, but hands have been tied to do anything about the homeless for the last seven years
If what we really have is an ongoing contest between the insurance industry and the legal industry, then more insurance executives need to run for public office to get the kind of laws that don't distort the situations you discuss. Or at least provide a bigger and wider discussion of the flaws and hindrances that you have been describing.
For the medically related situations, going to a first party payer system would seem to also drastically reduce the false billing scenario, as doctors and related services would be subject to real market competition vs. our current flawed system.
Great essay, thanks.
Lawyers working for a share of the spoils used to be called champerty. I don't know why this well-established word has fallen into disuse.
Jury awards are often completely out of touch with reality.
💯 My town made pan handling illegal in 2019, virtually solved the homeless problem, then they were sued, lost, had to give 100s of thousands of dollars to all these homeless people, are appealing, but hands have been tied to do anything about the homeless for the last seven years