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No harm, just my opinion... One cannot deny the US lawyers are totally out
of control. Some of my best and closest friends are Americans. Two of them
are doctors. When I compare their stories to those of my doctor friends in
France or Germany, really the US legal system has a pb in that area. Of
course, the pbs of your neighbours are always more obvious than your own,
so I don't blame anyone, just raise a thought.
Gwenn
Earl Adamy wrote:
> I'm aware that news media outside the US are prone to lay blame for many
> US ills on the US legal system. While the tort system is driving some
> judgements beyond reason, the economic impact is far less than a few
> headline settlements would lead one to believe and the reductions on
> appeal get far less press. Also, there should be no question that the
> potential for legal scrutiny leads to benefits as well as harm -
> decreased care and remedial costs result from better products and
> services. The fact is that unfettered free enterprise does not always
> work well or fairly and this may very well be the case in the drug
> industry.
>
> Earl
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gwenael Gautier" <ggautier@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <eadamy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <realtraders@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, January 28, 2000 7:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [RT] Re: Latest numbers
>
> >
> >
> > Earl Adamy wrote:
> >
> > > <snip> Not to mention the US prescription drug costs which are
> > > rising rapidly and are the highest in the world ... I need only
> visit a
> > > pharmacy across the border in Mexico (or Canada for that matter) to
> see
> > > the extent to which US consumers are being gouged. <snip>
> >
> > Wouldn't that be the natural consequence of a hyperbloated US legal
> system,
> > whereby lawyers are in business to find new money making schemes, not
> in
> > business to make sure laws are applied properly...?
> >
> > Gwenn
> >
> >
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