[Zeke]

TORT REFORM? Who'd vote for that? The lawyer/politians? I'm wondering if we can just stop the thing in it's tracks. You want to see a lawyer? Fine, let him pay for your doctor. Otherwise, you walk in to anyone who accepts insurance or Medical and get treated. The money extorted from employers for "insurance" can be used directly to pay for med care. And then go back to work. Can't work? Get unemplyment. If you didn't work long enough to be elegible for unemployment, TFB. Kinda levels things out a bit, eh? Do I get dick if I hit the wall at Willow Springs? You betcha. I get dick. Do I get WC if I fall off a ladder working for you as a contractor? Hell no, I can't cover myself (the owner of a sole proprietorship) with WC insurance. BTW, that's how I survive, I work alone. Rates for a carpenter have reached about $40 a hundred. I pay some lame ass $15/hr and send $50 a day to the insurance co. (just for comp). That's 250 a week! People live on that in some parts of the country. So, I charge you my cost + O&P and this jerk is $250 a day on your bill. Now you don't want me any more, so some uninsured bloke with Jose and JosB from the Home Defect parking lot shows up to do your work. Would you stand for the same senario when it comes to having work done on your Porsche?

I'm just sorting through this. Something has to be done. What are your thoughts?