And, from the Bizarro Department comes this story about how Colorado wants to junk its automobile no-fault law in favor of one that allows for tort liability. Used to be that no-fault was the catch-word for tort reformers in the early 80s who wanted to limit peoples' rights to sue in automobile negligence cases. Now no-fault is too expensive, yada yada yada....

I think what's going on here is that they're trying to sneak into the system a managed care aspect, where those injured in a car wreck might end up having to see and be treated by doctors specified by the insurance company. Bad idea. Given the propensity for doctors to cave in to who's paying them, i.e., the insurance company, the only way to keep it all honest is to allow the patient to treat with the doctor of her choice.