I'm assuming it's bogus or at best very, very cherry-picked, but I happened upon this astonishing claim in this AJC article about GA rep. John Linder's recent (and cowardly, I might add--more about that later)
http://www.ajc.com/news/linder-bills-dont-address-real-health-care-issues-120470.html">speech to a Rotary club--specifically:
It’s not the malpractice premium costs, it’s the defensive medicine that has contributed to skyrocketing prices, Linder said. In Texas, which enacted limits on pain-and-suffering awards in 2003, doctors have flooded into the state, and insurance premiums have declined 27 percent, he said.
huh? That's laughable on its face, and a very quick search of "Texas Insurance Premiums"
http://www.businessweek.com/blogs/money_politics/archives/2009/08/employer-sponso.html">netted me this:
"Between 2003 and 2008, family premium increases ranged from a high of 45% in Indiana and North Carolina to a low of 25% in Michigan, Texas, and Ohio."
So premiums INCREASED 25%, they didn't DECREASE.
It'd hardly be the first time Linder's lied about stuff, but I do wonder who's fed him this bullshit and what we need to do to counter it.
Anyone else heard it? Know the source? Got a sharp comebacker that addresses both the dishonesty of the meme AND the stupidity of the person advancing it?
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