John Edwards; where to begin? Mr. Edwards epitomizes the hypocrisy of the left like no other man in the history of American politics!

Mr. 2 Americas and his ilk in the legal community have done more to make health care inaccessible to poor Americans than the so-called greedy Pharmaceutical companies, the insurance and the health-care industries combined!

Before I continue, let me stipulate that all of these industries are greedy, and I have problems with each. But they are not responsible for the outrageous costs associated with health care to the degree of another entity! After all, they are in business to make money!

The greed of the aforementioned industries notwithstanding, there is a fourth greedy industry that has affected health care costs far more than these, and that is the industry Mr. Edwards belongs to! The Greedy trial lawyers!

Mr. Edwards has amassed and inestimable personal fortune thanks in no small part to the suits he has won on behalf of his 'clients' who were victims of some 'neglegent' health care providers!

Now I firmly believe that if one is injured due to neglect, one should be compensated fairly in a monetary attempt to make one 'whole'. But some of the awards that have been given to plaintiffs far outweigh anything they could have expected to earn in their lifetimes! Toss in pain and suffering and any punitive damages, and you get the kind of ridiculous awards that are un-called for, and tend to benefit the attorney at least as much, if not more than the injured party!

What happens as a result of these outrageous awards? Insurance companies, who ultimately pay the bulk of the damages, raise their premiums with their insured. And not only with them, with the rest of their insured (in other words, rates in general tend to go up)! Some doctors who cannot afford the higher premiums, close their private practices, or got out of business altogether! Hospitals, clinics and physicians who do decide to try to stick it out have no choice but to raise what they charge for their services, in order to cover the ridiculously high premiums they are now being charged!

The insurance companies who provide health care coverage for groups, families and individuals then must charge outrageously high premiums because they are affected by the higher costs! And all too often, these costs preclude many in America who need it most from being able to afford quality health care!

Mr. Edwards and his familly don't have to worry about this! They can afford health care no matter what the cost, while the poor they claim to champion often cannot!

Lawyering is for the most part an honorable profession. But these ambulance chasers are going to slowly bleed all that is good and great in America to death! It is time for tort reform before it is too late!

Until then, yes Mr. Edwards, in terms of affordable health-care, there probably are two Americas! And you and your kind are wielding the cleaver!