Universal Healthcare? How would it affect my Car Accident? July 23, 2009

You might be asking how President Obama’s health care plan would affect your car accident? You are probably not asking yourself that question because most Staten Island residents have never been involved in a car accident before and haven’t needed medical care after a car accident. 

New York, as well as many other states, enacted a no-fault statute that took away some one’s right to start a lawsuit for injuries resulting from a car accident if they didn’t suffer a “serious injury.” A serious injury is something more than a bruise, but recent rulings have said that even herniated discs are not “serious” and you would be unable to bring a lawsuit. Despite your painful injuries, the legislature took this right away from you in exchange for providing some medical benefits to you.

The no-fault laws were enacted to stem the supposed tide of lawsuits brought on by the injured victims of car accidents. The widely accepted belief for the lawsuits was that since injured victims did not have medical insurance, they needed to started a lawsuit to help pay for their medical bills. Does the new health care bill take away the need for no-fault coverage? I believe that it does. Since everyone would be covered, there would be no need to include no-fault coverage in your insurance policy. Car insurance companies would be relieved of the burden to and auto insurance rates would drop dramatically. No longer would the car insurance companies be able to pridefully announce the bust-up of a no-fault fraud ring in New York. I am sure that they would pass that savings on to you. If you believe that, I have a nice bridge to sell you.

Frank Dito is a New York Personal Injury attorney specializing in New York real estate law , New York business law, and New York franchise law. You can visit his Law Firm Decker, Decker, Dito and Internicola website by clicking here, download his FREE New York Car Insurance book, or call him at 718-979-4300 or 1-800-310-5520 for a free case analysis.

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