does anyone find it hypocritical that John Edwards basically says our health care system is in disarray?

Question

As a trial lawyer he ruined and devastated many doctors and made malpractice insurance costs skyrocket, passing the inflated health care costs down to the people.

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES
Another specialty Edwards developed was in medical malpractice cases involving problems during births of babies. According to the New York Times, after Edwards won a $6.5M verdict for a baby born with cerbral-palsy, he filed at least 20 similar lawsuits against doctors and hospitals in deliveries gone wrong, winning verdicts and settlements of more than $60M.
Case Summary of Facts Case Type Result
Griffin v. Teague, et al.
(Mecklenburg Co. Superior Ct., NC, 1997) Application of abdominal pressure and delay in performing c-section caused brain damage to infant and resulted in child having cerebral palsy and spastic quadriplegia. Verdict set record for malpractice award. Medical Malpractice $23.25M
verdict

Campbell v. Pitt County Memorial Hosp.
(Pitt County, NC, 1985) Infant born with cerebral palsy after breech birth via vaginal delivery, rather than cesarean.

Some of the above set records for amounts awarded and none can be medically proven.

Carolyn: he's not "one little lawyer", you will find he has made millions on less than factual based law suites regarding cerebral palsy.

Answer 1

Definitely. I'm not sure how much of the increased costs can be directly attributed to Edwards' cases; but the guy is so shameless about gaming the system that he'd probably even exploit a terminal illness in his family to gain sympathy votes, if given a chance.

He has a strong reputation in NC for making emotional claims that have no basis in medical science, in his efforts to sway sympathetic juries. If you doubt that, remember his '04 campaign assertion that if Bush hadn't stolen the '00 election, Christopher Reeve would be walking again?

If he didn't have a law degree, he'd be just another smooth-talking used-car salesman in North Carolina with perfect hair and a cheesy suit.

Answer 2

I understand that Edwards made his millions suing over Cerebral Palsy and that the Dr's role in the delivery has been pretty well discredited as a reason.
This would put John Edwards and his huge mansion (24,000 sq.ft.) in the same category of hypocrites as Al Gore and his gross consumption of energy and his carbon footprint that is several dozen times larger than the average persons.

Answer 3

Lots of hypocricy going on in the Democrat camps these days.

"We're losing too many jobs to foreign countries". Duh, when the corporate tax rate is double or triple or more than that of most industrialized countries, where would you set up shop as a business owner?

"Let's raid social security then blame the shortfall on the cap for payments by the Republican wealthy."

"We need to take care (financialy) of all those poor illegal aliens"

"Let's stop the war to save money but we'll also raise the minimum wage which will help stifle the economy and cost the U.S. more jobs."

"Let's tax the crap out of the wealthy" ( the ones who have the ambition to start and operate business which help keep people employed)

There is some sense to the Democratic platform but the nonsense far outweighs it.

Answer 4

here the problem ,they get 33% of the 500 million dollar settlement. one case and your set for life. the juries are also reponsible for give out outrageous stellements.
.like any service or manufactured product ,that is at fault. they should be sued.
doctors have pay high insurance premiums, which drives up the cost health care.
what i'm for is.... tort reform.

Answer 5

Edward is speaking about HEALTH INSURANCE...an entity that certainly is in disarray. The right wing radio rascals aren't interested in telling the ditto-heads that there's a massive difference between 'care' and 'insurance'. Besides that, it doesn't matter what Edwards is or isn't.....the issue is getting all americans insured against illness and injury. Edwards could be Attila the Dork for all I care....it's the issue that needs to be addressed.

Answer 6

Wow, one lawyer did all that?

Gosh, what about the pharmaceutical companies who sell americans drugs at 200% mark up but sell to the rest of the world at cost plus 20%?

What about Doctors who make millions of dollars every year? Do they have to charge so much, while they take care of that African child or Indonesia child for nothing?

What about Hospital costs. Does it really cost $1,000 a day to stay in a hospital? I could stay in a five star hotel for that?

One little trial lawyer didn't make this mess.

Medical Services and healthcare represent almost 30% of the gross national product. That's a huge amount of money. Alot is at stake and nobody wants to upset the applecart and the ones suffering are the 25% of Americans without healthcare. And we're not talking about poor people, were talking about middle america.

John Edwards is part of the solution not the problem.
Study the facts instead of regurgitating propaganda.

Answer 7

i have been surfing the internet more than 3 hours today looking for answer to the same question, yet I haven't found any interesting discussion like this. it's pretty worth enough for me.

Answer 8

Nope the over paid Doctors who created the mess are responsible. The hospitals charging $100 for an asprin are to blame.

Are you a working for an HMO like Newt Gingrich?

Answer 9

Absolutely, but I also find him to be a HUGE hypocrite by doing a lecture on poverty in America after getting a $55,000 fee to do it.

I can't believe ANYONE would vote for this lying low life bastard.

Answer 10

Yes. He does an excellent job of upholding his Hypocritic Oath.