find Jerry's argument deeply flawed, but it is useless to argue with those who base all of their arguments on emotion and hatred. To blame "Insurance Companies" is to dehumanize the people who work in them, most of whom try diligently to help those who do indeed need the help. It also ignores the the need for Doctors to cover their posteriors by performing excessively needless lab tests which end up driving up costs, because of a rampant litigious public hoping to win the "lawsuit lottery." The problem as I see it is a question of Ethics. Isn't it a conflict of interest to allow lawyers to be elected to a position where they can write the laws they will be using to erode our rights? Dennis J | 3.22.10 @ 3:11PM I am hurt that people seem willing to try to understand the humanity of insurance companies, but are still willing to hang all lawyers. First, the "lawyers" writng laws are not lawyers. They've never appeared in court, defending a client. As far as I can tell, most of them went to law school as a way of getting into politics, and what they are is professional politicians who may care about the country, but not as much as they care about their careers. Second, since most legislatures have been taken over by professional politicians, the number of laws has increased exponentially, since they have to go home and brag about all they're doing for their constituents ( with