Hey CT, instead of wisecracks, why don't you go & read instead. Here's a few things to start with:

- House GOP Health Care Solutions Group Plan (Unveiled June 17, 2009)
- Empowering Patients First Act (Republican Study Committee Health Care Reform Bill, unveiled July 30, 2009)
- Improving Health Care for All Americans Act (Shadegg Health Care Reform Bill, introduced July 14, 2009)
- Patients’ Choice Act (Ryan-Nunes Health Care Reform Bill, introduced May 20, 2009)
- Medical Rights & Reform Act (Kirk-Dent Health Care Reform Bill, introduced June 16, 2009)
- Help Efficient, Accessible, Low-cost, Timely Healthcare (HEALTH) Act (Gingrey medical liability reform bill, introduced June 6, 2009)
- Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2009 (Johnson small business health plans bill, introduced May 21, 2009)
- Promoting Health and Preventing Chronic Disease through Prevention and Wellness Programs for Employees, Communities, and Individuals Act of 2009 (Rep. Castle Wellness & Prevention Bill, introduced July 31, 2009)
- Improved Employee Access to Health Insurance Act of 2009 (Rep. Deal auto-enrollment bill, introduced October 15, 2009)
- Health Insurance Access for Young Workers and College Students Act of 2009 (Rep. Blunt bill to improve health insurance coverage of dependents, introduced October 21, 2009)

Tort reform is only a part of the solution. Ezra Klein writes "opinion", the same thing that some shows on Fox News present - "opinion". Just because Ezra the liberal blogger debunks tort reform, doesn't mean it's "news". The resistance is from the liberal lawyers in congress (like the wirters of the earlier paper you cite, Clinton & Obama). We need to let doctors do their jobs, rather than have them go on the defense. Yes, if a doc is drunk and botches a surgery, he should be sued, and have his license taken away. But no, they should not be forced to specify a whole bunch of expensive tests, ones they think aren't needed, just to cover their butts. People are human, they make mistakes, they shouldn't be sued for millions for honest errors. (And guess where the money comes from in the end? You & me.) But since most of our congressman are lawyers, they love perpetuating this business.

On another point, it took me a while to get doctors I trust. There is nothing in either party's plan to educate more doctors and nurses, so we'll have to ration care to cover all the additional "insured". Which means me & my family will get less care. This is good???

Where's the dialog? Dems & Reps firing jabs at each other. Is this the "unity" and "new direction" we were all promised? The Dems need to allow some of the Reps bills to be discussed in committee and include some of those ideas. But since the Dems have such an overwhelming majority, with such a leftward lean, they block any dialog & cooperation, and we're all going to get steamrolled.

We the people need to demand that congress takes its time on this stuff. HR3200 is up to 2000 pages, and they'll only get 72 hours to read it before voting. Anybody really think that we'll get good legislation that way? Why don't they take just the "savings" ideas in HR3200, break those out of the rest of the garbage, and pass a couple of them. Let's see in 12 months whether they actually "save" the money they are supposed to. If so, let's move on the next few items. The giant bureaucracy won't solve any of our problems.