Posts tagged car

• Why the constant need to connect med mal and the obscene cost of health care? It is like blaming cigarette lighters for lung cancer! The high cost of health care is due to the high cost of health...

  Medical Malpractice Liability System a Small Portion of Health Care System

  james O'Hare RPLU AIC AIS | September 16, 2010 10:59 AMWashington, DC

• Jim, We've gone back and forth enough on this, but I will just clarify one thing. My problem with doctors as jurors isn't that they have specialized knowledge. It is that the rules of court and of...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | June 28, 2010 9:19 PMWashington, DC

• Chris I'll give you the last word: Your problems with doctors, as jurors, is that their personal experience, training and education with interfere with the facts. Really? His/her understanding of...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Jim O'Hare AIC AIS VP med mal claims | June 28, 2010 1:52 PMWashington, DC

• Hey Jim, No, I don't think that a defendant in a civil case gets tried by a jury of his/her peers. Both sides are equal before the jury. That is a different between criminal and civil litigation...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | June 25, 2010 12:04 PMWashington, DC

• Thanks for the info: Let me explain myself. The right to trial by jury requires a discussion of "peer Group". Black state like station in society as a definition. I believe peer refers to the defenda...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Jim O'Hare AIC AIS VP med mal claims | June 24, 2010 10:07 AMWashington, DC

• Jim, Sorry to just get back to you. I'll keep this short and sweet because it is late: 1. Trial by Jury is not a defendant's right. That is the sixth amendment in criminal cases. The seventh ...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | June 23, 2010 8:40 PMWashington, DC

• Thanks for your response and allowing me to participate in the discussion. I am very surprised that views from my side of the fence are so rare. If not for the opposing opinion, you may just preach t...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Jim O'Hare AIC AIS VP med mal claims | June 22, 2010 1:29 PMWashington, DC

• Jim, Some interesting comments. Some I certainly agree with, others . . . . Yes, we can agree that M-F has to go. Competition across state lines should certainly exist. As small businesses, mo...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Christopher Nace | June 22, 2010 1:00 PMWashington, DC

• Very little connection between med mal rates and the cost of healthcare. The M-F act has got to go for other reasons. Like - to bring competition and the cost of healthcare down. If HC was cheap - Wh...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Jim O'Hare AIC AIS VP med mal claimsj | June 22, 2010 10:51 AMWashington, DC

• Interesting point which so many people miss. Of course no competition leads to a high rate. Nice world for the Insurance companies - charge high rates, attack the claims, taint the jury and rake in...

  Repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act a Better Option than Tort Reform

  Mike Bryant | June 21, 2010 8:55 PMWashington, DC