>It's also worth noting how much of health care cost is due to legal liability. I find it ironic that a political party so heavily funding by trial lawyers is hoped for as the savior of health care. Ask John Edwards why there are so many Ceasarians performed in the US. No political party's hands are clean on this and I certainly would be in favor of universal health insurance and serious clinical preventive care outreach, but until there is tort reform it is very unlikely costs are going to be able to be reduced significantly.

The tort reform is a scapegoat. Sure, in a deeply American tradition, once people saw the outrageous amount of money raked by white collar mafia, there was a number of guys who tried to use the legal system as a way to get a cut of it. But then the whole thing about the so-called "tort reform" is geared toward total indemnity of corporations, which will be pretty much exempt from being sued for anything short of deliberate murder. Just watch.

The litigation didn't make health industry expensive. Litigation came upon it because it was full of money. Nobody sues a shoe shine boy.

>>>So here's a bet: whoever wins in November, will end up doing something spectacularly expensive, profitable and eventually ineffective. Health will not be more affordable for anyone but the system's pets.

The bet stays. One virtual beer.