What's this medical malpractice "tort reform" about anyway...?

Short and sweet: Bush (and his corporate masters) wants to drastically undercut your ability to hold anyone in the medical industry (or any industry, really) accountable for their errors.

Reckless and irresponsible businesses are bleeding money through the court system because the ONE GROUP they can't buy off (so far)--the JURORS.

Through campaign contributions, corporations buy congresspeople to write laws in their favor, administators to execute (i.e. ignore) laws in their favor, and indirectly get pro-business judges appointed to rule in their favor. It's very close to a completely rigged system, and all to the tune of billions of dollars every election cycle.

But there is a kink in their plan. They still don't control the juries. And as long as juries are randomly selected from society, these corporations face a dozen or so people who are not beholden to them. And man, do the companies pay when they screw up!

So "tort reform" is Bush's effort to plug this loophole in the system. Justice is happening despite all those millions trying to subvert it. And they want it fixed.

They want such limitations that would allow companies to work their losses into their business plans. If damages are limited to, say, $50,000, and the company averages, say, five lost cases per year, they can simply budget add $250,000 to their yearly costs and then pass those costs right on to YOU the consumer.

End result: They NEVER suffer for any wrong doing. YOU get hurt, and YOU pay the damages. Convenient, eh?