Furthermore, unless you are hell bent on driving yourself broke, “frivolous” and “medical malpractice cases” just don’t go together. Obviously, if it is a “frivolous,” or meritless case, no thinking med mal attorney is going to take it, because he will be throwing his money down the drain.

To me, all of this has the same “logic” as the folks who repeat, mantra-like, that there can be no healthcare reform whithout tort reform. Tort reform refers to a legal process, while reforming the healthcare system has to do with just that–healthcare. Making healthcare available to all at a reasonable price, and making sure that it is of good quality, are admirable goals, but ones which have nothing to do with tort “reform.” But for many, repetition seems to make it true. And unfortunately, the GOP knows this.