Health Care Compromise?

People on the left and right are stuck in their positions from years of unwillingness to see the other side's point of view. The right argues for "tort reform" as the cure for lowering health care costs. The left argues that tort reform is just a drop in the bucket. It probably is, but there are people who will sue just to make a "million bucks" on a mistake.

Why not compromise? Why not start some type of a general fund that would pay damages to those who are truly hurt by mistakes made by doctors/institutions/etc? The fund would only compensate for healthcare costs and loss of income etc. Not to make someone personally rich. This would decrease the number of frivolous/unnecessary lawsuits, but would still keep various parties in check, as they would have to pay into the general fund for the harm they had caused.

--- T