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Originally Posted by Jonboy1983
 Not to mention, in a few years (God willing) we're going to see a major polyethylene plant go up. Other such plants as well as other such companies may follow suit. |
Yay!... Can't wait for a brand-spankin' new polyethylene plant
Because that's what we really need -- more plastic bags for everyone and more pollutants in the region's already woeful air quality.
It goes right in line with Pittsburgh's claims of how "green" it now is.
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Originally Posted by bunt_q
... the costs of medical malpractice insurance, tort judgments, etc. is massively overblown by the media.
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Absolutely
Medical malpractice as a whole accounts for only about 2% of all healthcare costs. Torts are at only 1%.
It's an issue that the insurance companies, and thus the Republicans, latched onto and made a much bigger issue out of to distract from the actual crippling costs of our unfathomably wasteful healthcare system.