Nationalized Insurance

[Fmr. Gov. NickG]

I think we should have a general "catastrophic loss" public insurance system.  Such a system would go a long way toward what Republicans call "tort reform".  In many cases of medical malpractice, for instance, plaintiffs deserve recovery, but the burden should not fall on individual doctors or even the medical profession in general.  Such insurance would allow people who suffer losses through no fault of their own to recover without burdening a particular sector of the economy disproportionately.