Reply #19: Did you miss this part?? [View All]

[JoePhilly]

"He (Obama)did not detail how far he is willing to go with changes, but has said in the past he does not favor caps on damages."

That quote precedes all of the hand-wringing.

The line you misquote ... is this ...

"Far better would be a system in use at the University of Michigan, he said, which requires full disclosure to patients who have been injured, along with “a sincere apology,’’ an explanation on how the mistake would not be repeated on anyone else, as well as an offer of compensation. The program dramatically reduced litigation, he said."

If you read the paragraph that precedes this, you find that Obama did not say this. Here are the two prior paragraphs which indicate who actually took that position ...

"A serious national debate about medical liability reform is way overdue, said Dr. Alan Woodward, a past president of Massachusetts Medical Society and current vice chairman of the society’s committee on professional liability.

“The current system is profoundly dysfunctional,’’ he said, adding that courts are slow and inefficient — and often inequitable — to injured patients, and the liability system creates a “culture of fear’’ among doctors that drives up cost with defensive medicine."

Notice that Obama is not the speaker, it is some one named Dr. Alan Woodward.

The article them claims that Obama supported something "similar" in 2006 (along with Hillary Clinton). But the article does not go into any detail on that, or provide a link.