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Danglin
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Re: Ted Kennedy: A True Champion of Women's Rights
What I've found telling, over the years, is that several reports have shown that malpractice premiums more closely track the rising cost of medical care AND the stock market than they do any alleged increase in jury awards for malpractice suits.
The correllation to the cost of care is pretty obvious, since juries award medical expenses to successful plaintiffs.
But the correllation to the stock market? Turns out that insurance companies make more money investing the premiums than they do off the premiums themselves. If the stock market goes up, the insurance companies are making money, so they lower premiums. If the stock market goes down, they're losing money, so they raise premiums. Blaming trial lawyers for suing doctors is really only a distraction. Docs don't like being sued. People like Docs. So people don't like Docs getting sued. And no one blames the insurance companies. Proof? Drastic medical malpractice reform in Texas has not significantly lowered malpractice premiums. The insurance companies are still raking it in, and Texas is one of the most expensive states in which to get health insurance because they insurers are mostly unregulated.
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I don't know anything about current Texas insurance regulation, but when I was in the army (1952-1954) insurance salesmen from fly-by-night insurance companies used to hang around outside military bases. The insurance companies were always based in Texas. We were warned not to do business with them, but there were always a few suckers.
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Re: Ted Kennedy: A True Champion of Women's Rights
Ted is dead. Let the dead rest in peace. There is no heaven or hell, just what we do to each other. He did drive Mary Jo off the bridge, but one can also argue that he spent his life trying to right that wrong by working for women's rights. As for his rapist nephew, what would any of us do for a relative?
A little perspective please, let's not be holier than thou.
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Re: Ted Kennedy: A True Champion of Women's Rights
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215079 wrote:
Ted is dead. Let the dead rest in peace. There is no heaven or hell, just what we do to each other. He did drive Mary Jo off the bridge, but one can also argue that he spent his life trying to right that wrong by working for women's rights. As for his rapist nephew, what would any of us do for a relative?
A little perspective please, let's not be holier than thou.
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Not just women's rights,but every American's rights.
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I'm sorry, but as far as I'm concerned,Ted Kennedy was more of a misogynist that a champion of women's rights.
Not only Mary Jo Kopechne comes to mind, but also the times when a Kennedy relative was charged with raping a woman in Florida, Teddy came to his defense.
As well, when another was eventually charged with murdering a female neighbour who was a minor at the time, Teddy was there for the relative.
He tried to follow his father,Joe, and his brother Jack, when it came to womanizing,which led to his divorce from his first wife,Joan.
Not what I'd call a champion of women's rights.
John
Amen to that. Murder does not advance "women's rights". Regardless of what he did afterwards, nothing can erase what happened to Mary Jo and the sleezy way Ted wiggled out of taking any responsibility for his actions. Women's rights are not advanced by divorce, alcoholism, or womanizing either; all of which Ted did much to promote. As far as topfreedom (this board's subject) goes, I can't think of one think he ever did to help that cause. Perhaps I missed something?
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I agree that there are problems with malpractice suits, but their contribution to medical costs is at most several percent. Resulting defensive medicine undoubtedly adds a bit more, but the total contribution to the cost problem is small.
Resulting defensive medicine adds A LOT more. The total "cost" of our malpractice system, including defensive medicine is between 25% and 30% of our total health care bill. Meredith is right that the malpractice suits themselves contribute only a small amount, but there are so many hidden costs that go into propping up the malpractice business that the total is outrageous.
I'd like to hear more about the Maine system. Sounds good, but probably doesn't go far enough. Its not enough to merely set up a panel; the panel's decision must be binding so that no case can ever be brought in a court of law. As long as lawyers are allowed to play any role, costs will remain out of control.
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Re: Ted Kennedy: A True Champion of Women's Rights
Dying does not absolve a person of his or her sins. We will remember him by what he did, good or bad. And there was some pretty bad stuff...
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Re: Ted Kennedy: A True Champion of Women's Rights
National Organization for Women has since published an excellent article titled "Ted Kennedy -- Women's Rights Strongest Champion in Congress". These are the reasons why I wanted to encourage people to remember Ted:
http://www.now.org/history/090109kennedy.html
Ted's accomplishments have helped women in many different ways over a lengthy period of time. He made one effort in particular that I will remember him for the most. Ted was a sponsor of the Equal Rights Amendment, which states that "Equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any state on account of sex". This is the legislation we need to hopefully complete much of the work that feminists have done for decades. It would clarify gender equality in the constitution with language that is not vague. But the ERA failed in 1982 short of passage, primarily because of red states that are controlled by conservatives who don't believe in gender equality. However Ted Kennedy reintroduced it in every session of Congress and today it is very much alive. Thirty-five states have ratified this amendment; we need three more. Granted those three cannot be expected to come easily, due to the same kind of thinking that defeated it in 1982. But Ted did all he could do to keep this amendment a possibility. It was something that he strongly believed in. More at these links:
The Equal Rights Amendment:
http://www.equalrightsamendment.org/
From time.com:
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1918873_1918869_1918881,00.html
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Re: Ted Kennedy: A True Champion of Women's Rights
Women will never be equal to men.
Not until they learn to work together as a team and support each other.
When I was a corporate type I hired and trained a lot of women and helped them get into good jobs within the corp. More than half became managers or corp officers. Not one of those women hired another woman to bring along and help the way they were helped. They all hired male assistants. They didn't realize that every man who got into mgmnt got there with help from another guy.
There is no "Old Girl Network".
Work together ladies or you'll never bust the glass ceiling or attain top freedom.
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If the certain people cannot get past Ted's history as it relates to Mary Jo K., then maybe they should revisit the bible. Jesus was all about giving second chances for sins. I think Ted had used his life after the accident in a way that was beneficial to all. I can accept that others don't think that way about past sins, so... let's revisit Ronald Reagan's history, that criminal. He should have been impeached for Iran Contra. I can't wait for Shrub to die, I have a catalogue of transgression on him, but alas, I am only a Canuck and have no authority.
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