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    Re: [RC] [RC] Helmets/Insurance/Lawsuits - Tamara Woodcock


    I can't help wondering if this is all tying into a common thread:

    Some want to make a helpmet rule to avoid lawsuits. The lawsuits are because health care is so expensive (and sometimes just because suing is a national pasttime). To fix one, we have to fix the other.
    So if health care was more affordable, and by default insurance more affordable, maybe fewer lawsuits?


    Some of that could be fixed by a few changes such as:
    Establish Medical Savings Accounts
    Strengthen The Role Of The Individual Health Care Consumer
    Increase Consumer Responsibility
    Privatize Medicare And Medicaid
    Restructure Tax Policy
    Establish Equity In The Treatment Of Employer-provided Health Insurance, Individually Purchased Health Insurance, And Out-of-pocket Medical Expenses
    Deregulate The Health Care Industry
    Tort Reform


    I could go on and on, but then it becomes less about helmets and endurance riding and more about politics. Which I'll debate at any time, juts not one Ricecamp.

    -Tamara

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