You're probably right as long as we do nothing to improve entry into the medical profession and stop perceiving it as eliteism. 

That will make tort lawyers happy as the number of malpractice suits mushroom.

It is only considered "elitist" because you are playing with lives.  And in that, there is no room for error.  of course there are erros (not mal-feasance, just human errors), and that is why mal-practice - which is mostly just to cover the human fallibility condition - costs so much and adds so much to the cost of health care.  And of course which nothing the democrats will do will have any impact on.

Insurance peddlers have drummed fear into the hearts of physicians to justify their outrageous premiums. As for reform tortwise, except in the grossest scenarios I have always advocated reasonable compensation and not left to the whimsicality of jurors.

No, you bought into that.  Insurance companies do make profits, but as they are still competitive, they cannot extort.  lawyers can as they have no competition in the court room.  Once ordered to pay, there is no more democracy on the subject.  You pay.

So the insurance is based on actuarial tables showing risk versus loss.  But when a shyster can walk into a NC courtroom, channel a dead child and force a multi-million payout over a genetic defect that was caused by god, lawyers are driving up costs.  No man is god.

That is an issue Democrats need to deal with. They constantly need an enemy to advance their cause. Currently doctors are off the hook, but it was not always that way. Remember the pharma's were the bad guys two or three years ago. Since they signed onto Obama's plan, they are safe for the moment, until this passes and the Dem's need a bad guy to blame high cost on again. Kind of like a dog that is fine one day and bites the next. Too many masters.

No, studied actuarials actually.  You bought into the democrat myth of the evil insurance company.  the truth is they do make a profit.  Of between 2-5% return (regular passbook now is earning 2% and government backed CDs can get you 5%).

If business does not make a profit, they do not stay in business.  And think about it.  If you have money to invest, and the return is going to be 5% for a government backed CD, and 5% for a risky private business - where are you going to invest your money?  It is really simple economics.  Not the bugaboo that democrats both created and vilified.

Ooh, like the Republicans have love lists, huh?

 C'mon, give me a break. Of course surplus capital has to be created out of any economic activity for it to endure, but there should be limitations and decent values. A Head honcho of the likes of Cigna, receives outrageous compensation, not because his company gives better service but by how many claims are denied. 

Maybe, I'm speaking within the context of the article, but I have yet to see them single out an industry for vilification. It's not difficult to see there are many groups that make up Democrat's collation that do not mix well, pro/anti abortion, liberal/conservative, etc. It's far more pronounced than the Republican party. They attempt to cater to many, and end up pleasing few. The recent complaints by gays is one example of this. A big support group for Dem's IMO. Yet, in CA blacks, another large Dem base group, were 70% against prop 8. Who do you throw the bone to? No matter someone will feel left out.

I mentioned on another of your threads - actually no.  He receives it because Anthem, or Aetna, or some other big place wants him and is willing to offer him a little less than his salary. (if it was more, he would jump and go).

Republicans are basically one mutation above pond scum, but unfortunately democrats are one mutation below republicans.  Nitro is right.  for the most part, Republicans try to not make waves (with few exceptions - Gingrich, Palin), while democrats just like to vilify those who do not agree with them (to rally around the divergent views into a common mob).

I use to get angry at the idiocy the MSM and of course the Democrat leaders perpetuated on the American people.  Until I realized the reason Republicans dont fight it is because they are chicken.  And while it works for a short time, eventually the people get bored (they never see the light) of it and start ignoring it.  Kind of like the boy who cried wolf.  You cannot keep the adrenaline flowing 24x7.

What ever happened to company loyalty. Ah, the way it was!

You're obviously not following that movement closely, or you would realize that they are none too happy with Republicans either. Your comment was a bit lame Richard, not on par with your usual standard. 

Uh, I think we agreed on an earlier blog - I am a cynic!

besides, I am always a conservative, and never have been a republican.