My neurosurgeon charged $400 per minute for a minor procedure.  That extreme charge had nothing to do with "tort reform;" he charges that much because he can.  Plain and simple.  The problem is not the legal system or frivolous lawsuits.  There are very few frivolous lawsuits that make it past the gate.  And the legal system is your only protection from incompetent doctors.  How else will you recover when your doctor amputates the wrong leg?  The underlying problem is greed.  Nobody deserves $400 per minute no matter how much training they had.  And the only way to contain costs is through a single payer model like Medicare which is the one program proven to be able to contain costs.  Fold Indian Health Service, TRI-Care, VA care, and all the other government programs with their duplicated efforts into Medicare and make it available to all of us.