The Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007 is prompting lots of concern among tort litigants. The gist is that many but not all parties expecting to pay a tort settlement – to a person eligible for Medicare – must register with the federal government and then report payments to the federal government effective as of July 1, 2009. The point of course is to let the government seek to obtain reimbursement for its expenses to delay the day when Medicare becomes insol