Obama spoke today,

in front of the AMA, and got booed for saying there is a place for lawsuits. The short version here... My mother had her hip re-replaced. The first time the Dr put in a defective hip joint, AFTER leaving her cut open, for OVER 24 hours, while he waited for UPS to sent the part he needed, that he started WITHOUT. A few months later, he replaced the defective joint, with ANOTHER defective joint, that was listed on-line, as being DEFECTIVE. Bottom line, my mother, while being otherwise, very healthy, will never walk again, and my father, lost his life-mate, to an idiot who didn't have time to do any pre-operative study. It cost his insurance co about 200K, and cost my parents their future. There IS a place for lawsuits. These guys ain't Gods. They are businessmen, who make bad decisions. They are grossly overpaid, and, judging from my parent's experience, make lots of mistakes. I could name a BUNCH. We need some reform, NOW. Go for it Obama, while you can...