John Edwards wants to improve healthcare for the "little guy"?

Read this: http://www.nycyr.org/archives/2004/08/by_charles_hurt.php

Wow, this is truly sickening. But not surprising, I guess. John Edwards is, after all, a Democrat.

Federal medical liability reform would have been signed into law long ago if it had not been for Democrats in the Senate and Democrats in general standing in the way.

http://www.protectpatientsnow.org/site/c.8oIDJLNnHlE/b.1038331/k.26B8/Physicians.htm

"Never before has there been a greater consensus on this important issue. The U.S. House of Representatives has passed comprehensive medical liability reform legislation nine times since 1995. And the President has said repeatedly that he will sign it into law.

Currently, efforts to protect access to quality health care for all patients is being blocked by a handful of (Democratic) U.S. Senators who receive millions of dollars in campaign contributions from – you guess it – personal injury lawyers."

http://www.asahq.org/news/asanews051106.htm

http://www.asahq.org/news/medliability22504.htm


If you want comprehensive federal medical liability reform, vote Republican!

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=2&vote=00115

U.S. Senate Roll Call Votes 109th Congress - 2nd Session

as compiled through Senate LIS by the Senate Bill Clerk under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate


Vote Summary

Question: On Cloture on the Motion to Proceed (Motion to Invoke Cloture on the Motion to Proceed to S.22 )
Vote Number: 115 Vote Date: May 8, 2006, 05:16 PM
Required For Majority: 3/5 Vote Result: Cloture on the Motion to Proceed Rejected
Measure Number: S. 22
Measure Title: A bill to improve patient access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system.
Vote Counts: YEAs 48
NAYs 42
Not Voting 10


Grouped By Vote Position YEAs ---48
Alexander (R-TN)
Allard (R-CO)
Allen (R-VA)
Bennett (R-UT)
Bond (R-MO)
Bunning (R-KY)
Burr (R-NC)
Chafee (R-RI)
Chambliss (R-GA)
Cochran (R-MS)
Coleman (R-MN)
Collins (R-ME)
Cornyn (R-TX)
Craig (R-ID)
DeMint (R-SC)
DeWine (R-OH)
Dole (R-NC)
Domenici (R-NM)
Ensign (R-NV)
Enzi (R-WY)
Frist (R-TN)
Grassley (R-IA)
Gregg (R-NH)
Hagel (R-NE)
Hatch (R-UT)
Hutchison (R-TX)
Inhofe (R-OK)
Isakson (R-GA)
Kyl (R-AZ)
Lott (R-MS)
Lugar (R-IN)
Martinez (R-FL)
McConnell (R-KY)
Murkowski (R-AK)
Roberts (R-KS)
Santorum (R-PA)
Sessions (R-AL)
Smith (R-OR)
Snowe (R-ME)
Specter (R-PA)
Stevens (R-AK)
Sununu (R-NH)
Talent (R-MO)
Thomas (R-WY)
Thune (R-SD)
Vitter (R-LA)
Voinovich (R-OH)
Warner (R-VA)

NAYs ---42
Akaka (D-HI)
Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Boxer (D-CA)
Byrd (D-WV)
Cantwell (D-WA)
Carper (D-DE)
Clinton (D-NY)
Crapo (R-ID)
Dayton (D-MN)
Dodd (D-CT)
Dorgan (D-ND)
Feingold (D-WI)
Feinstein (D-CA)
Graham (R-SC)
Harkin (D-IA)
Inouye (D-HI)
Johnson (D-SD)
Kennedy (D-MA)
Kerry (D-MA)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)
Lautenberg (D-NJ)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Lieberman (D-CT)
Lincoln (D-AR)
Menendez (D-NJ)
Mikulski (D-MD)
Murray (D-WA)
Nelson (D-FL)
Nelson (D-NE)
Pryor (D-AR)
Reed (D-RI)
Reid (D-NV)
Salazar (D-CO)
Sarbanes (D-MD)
Schumer (D-NY)
Shelby (R-AL)
Stabenow (D-MI)
Wyden (D-OR)

Text of bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:SN22:

If you want comprehensive federal medical liability reform, vote Republican!