Tort reform no laughing matter .Your Troubletown cartoon in the December issue points out--better than any article I have read--that blaming personal injury lawyers for exorbitantly priced, dangerous prescription drugs is ludicrous. This is a ruse deflecting attention from the real culprits: raw capitalism, a lust for profit, and an FDA FDA abbr. Food and Drug Administration FDA, n.pr See Food and Drug Administration. FDA, n.pr the abbreviation for the Food and Drug Administration. that is asleep at the wheel. Unfortunately, the pharmaceutical industry has succeeded, after years of advertising and lobbying, in convincing the American public that lawyers are to blame. Thus it has achieved a coup de grace coup de grâce n. pl. coups de grâce 1. A deathblow delivered to end the misery of a mortally wounded victim. 2. A finishing stroke or decisive event. : It will now be a snap for the industry's cronies--the White House and Republican Congress--to enact more tort reform legislation. Lax oversight will continue as usual. The result? An industry that can stuff its pockets even fuller and continue to lavish its generosity on lawmakers while Americans must scrimp scrimp v. scrimped, scrimp·ing, scrimps v.intr. To economize severely. v.tr. 1. To be excessively sparing with or of. 2. To cut or make too small or scanty. to pay for outlandishly priced drugs that may be hazardous to their health. While the Troubletown cartoon pokes fun at our setup, the underlying injustice in our system is no laughing matter No Laughing Matter is an episode of U.S. Acres from the series Garfield and Friends. It was the 74th episode produced for the series, although it is listed as the 71st episode on the Garfield and Friends DVD. It originally aired on October 21, 1989. . Nancy J. Herin Darnestown, Maryland Darnestown is a census-designated place and an unincorporated area in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Geography As an unincorporated area, Darnestown's boundaries are not officially defined. |
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