Considering how much cash trial lawyers pour into Democratic party coffers every year, it seems only fitting that in a bill that deals with an industry they make a good chunk of change from, they would find some golden nuggets that benefit them at the expense of everyone else.Jennifer Rubin writing at Commentary Contentions: A friend points out a little nugget of absurdity and political mendacity in the Pelosi health-care bill. Remember Obama's effort to try a "test" for tort reform? (We don't actually need a test, since it has worked to lower medical malpractice coverage and help increase access to doctors in states that have tried it.) Well, Pelosi's bill has an anti-tort-reform measure. On pages 1431-1433 of the 1990 spellbinder, there is a financial incentive for states to try "alternative medical liability laws." But look - you don't get the incentive if you have a law that would "limit attorneys' fees or impose caps on damages."That's what the trial...(Read Full Post)