The Fiscally Conservative Barney Frank
Barney Frank is calling for tort reform: “Liberal firebrand Barney Frank (D-Mass.) broke with party orthodoxy on Tuesday by calling for restrictions on lawsuits against doctors and hospitals that experts think contribute to the nation’s growing healthcare costs.”
“The Congressional Budget Office has estimated that caps on malpractice damages could shave up to .5 percent off national healthcare spending every year.”
Said Frank: “That’s something that I would throw in if we had an otherwise overall compromise [on the national debt], because I recognize everybody’s got to give something to get this.”
So that’s the sort of spending cuts Barney Frank can get behind. He wants to balance the budget on the backs of injured plaintiffs. Doesn’t this amount to a tax on malpractice victims?
Does anyone know if Senator Frank uses botox?
(Via New York Personal Injury Law Blog)
