Letter: Bush meddles in malpractice issue

Friday, Jan. 17, 2003 | 5:53 a.m.

I heard the other day that President Bush wanted to put a cap on jury awards for malpractice suits. This seems to me to be quite a bit of meddling on the part of government. It also seems that the only controls go to the award side and not the cost side. Is the "free" market supposed to work one way?

If not, perhaps the president should really get our Uncle involved and limit the amount the insurance companies can charge and, what the heck, maybe how much money they can make or lose if the government does a bad job of regulating.

The second point would be that if the juries, which are comprised of voters, have such poor judgment, perhaps they have made other mistakes. Who knows, maybe even when they elected some of the heads of state.

SCOTT GRIESMAN

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