Another modest proposal
By Todd Stadler · Monday, December 18, 2000 12:53am
I had this idea to replace the health care system with a beefed-up legal system. We could abolish Medicare, HMOs, and the whole mess. That would save a lot of money.
And in place of all that, we just let people sue whenever they aren't well. If you have a cold, sue the guy who passed you the germs. Don't know who it was? Sue 'em all, let the court figure it out!
This seems to be a natural extension of what we have, except the lines of accountability would be cleaner. Instead of suing your doctor for some vague notion of malpractice, just sue him because you feel icky.
This way, everyone gets their fare share, without the money-grubbing health industry taking a cut. It just makes sense.
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