I understand why a politician would, because there are big dollars from the insurance industry, the tobacco industry, and other corporate actors in letting the government control trials.

But think about it if you’re a Tea Party supporter – do you really want the government deciding the value of cases when the legislators have never heard the facts of the case? Are they better qualified than the good people who have actually heard the evidence? If you oppose further government intervention in healthcare, how does this possibly make sense?

Not to mention the issue of federalism in trying to have the federal government decide the value of state law actions.

If the Tea Party movement is to have any consistency, it should run from these type of “reforms” which only serve to increase government intervention in the interactions between private parties. Regardless of the lawyer hate frenzy they try and whip up.

Not to mention the nonsensical nature of the supporters’ arguments, like this one: ” The increase of cost to the doctor trickles down to the patient, which then increases the cost of medical insurance.” Doctors don’t set the price of their services, CMS does. The representative either should know better and educate himself before he speaks, or he should stop making things up.