More On Dean’s “Plain And Simple Truth”
August 28, 2009
A Washington Times editorial picks up on former DNC Chair Howard Dean’s admission that the “plain and simple truth” is Democrats shunned medical liability reform as part of health care legislation over fear of their powerful contributors in the trial bar. Money graph:
“Would-be reformers who refuse to stop lawsuit abuse give lie to their claims to be putting patients first. Mr. Dean’s candor should awaken congressional Democrats. The public won’t trust them to reform health care until they stop kowtowing to the plaintiffs’ lawyers who treat them as political chattel.”