Spencer Cox: “What we are talking about doing here is making sure that all of us who have agreed to pay the cost of this system…”

“What we are talking about doing here is making sure that all of us who have agreed to pay the cost of this system through the insurance system, we all pay for it; that is where the money comes from, to make sure that we all agree that we will pay for unlimited compensation for people who are the victims of medical malpractice, that we will pay for 100 percent of any imaginable cost, 100 percent of all medical costs, 100 percent of lost wages, 100 percent of lost future earnings, 100 percent of any rehabilitation costs; obviously, 100 percent of any medical expenses, doctors, nurses, hospitals, prescription drugs, nursing home care, assisted living, whatever it is, 100 percent of all of these things. But what we are trying to do is save the patients from a system right now that is falling down all around them. Doctors are getting out of practice; whole hospitals are shutting down, OB-GYNs are not delivering babies any more. People are not getting care. There is a crisis in this country.”