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To: Brumar89 who wrote (321810)	8/30/2009 12:55:38 PM
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Op-Ed Contributor Tax Reform’s Lesson for Health Care Reform By BILL BRADLEY Published: August 29, 2009 THE chance of bipartisan agreement on health care seems to be waning as August draws to a close and ideologues mount increasingly vitriolic attacks on President Obama’s health care initiative. The debate is beginning to sound more and more like the politics President Obama decried in his campaign — partisan, mean and progress-free. It needn’t be that way. ... The bipartisan trade-off in a viable health care bill is obvious: Combine universal coverage with malpractice tort reform in health care. Universal coverage can be obtained in many ways — including the so-called public option. Malpractice tort reform can be something as commonsensical as the establishment of medical courts — similar to bankruptcy or admiralty courts — with special judges to make determinations in cases brought by parties claiming injury. Such a bipartisan outcome would lower health care costs, reduce errors (doctors and nurses often don’t report errors for fear of being sued) and guarantee all Americans adequate health care. ... nytimes.com

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