[mythtv-users] Fwd: Further Notice of Seagate Hard Drive Class Action and Proposed Settlement

[Brian Wood]

On Friday 12 March 2010 10:59:40 am jedi wrote:

>    There's typically a 3 way split in these things.
> 
>    The lawyers get a cut (they are not a charity), the doctors get a cut
> (because they are also not charities), and then the plaintiffs get a cut
> for "pain and suffering" and such.
> 
>    Doctors get a lot more from PI lawyers than they ever get from the
> insurance industry or the Feds.
> 
>    Tort verdicts are actually supposed to be for damages. Those damages
> are typically treated by doctors and such.

Granted the lawyers are not a charity, they still do not deserve Billions, 
nobody does, ever.

The medical profession does deliver service, and certainly deserves to be 
paid, but the insurance companies who are taking a large slice do not deserve 
a bonanza.

Most civilized countries do not allow a profit to be made on basic health 
coverage. We need care, not insurance. Why do we need a middleman to take a 
24% administrative bite out of everything?

But we're way OT here. I'm just a little sensitive since I used to work at the 
WTC.