...from doctors on up makes US heath care more expensive than places where that's not a factor. Malpractice and Defensive Medicine Unlike most of the world doctors in the US are unique targets of legal assault...This works against cheap medicine on two fronts. The first is that doctors have to cover their malpracticeinsurance which is, well, a fuckton of money (sorry: but being close to the issue I ...
Went to the doctor's today for what should have been a quick checkup. Took me an hour just to get in to see my GI doc. He greets me with, "So, who're you talking to about your abnormal kidney issues?" My response? "What kidney issues?" Turns out that I have had several instances of pretty high creatine spikes in my bloodwork in the past. Spikes no one noticed and/or told me about till today, ...
Any doctor who properly examines Russ Limbaugh and then announces that they found nothing wrong should immediately be sued for malpractice. They are, by definition, incompetent.
... is shut, Lake walks across the room and leans back against Dr. Agon’s desk. “Let’s cut to the chase, shall we, Pendragon?” Her voice is tight and unrelenting and Arthur remembers the malpractice lawsuits his father filed, along with the ranting and raving and the reason that Uther can never find out that Arthur wants to be a surgeon. Arthur steels himself for whatever’s coming; he’s not going ...
...left me feeling sucker-punched. Battling her retinue of doctors has been fun, and I've dealt with everything from ineffectual diagnoses to apathy to prescriptions that I thought veered perilously close to malpractice and even fraud. There's a chance for improvement in 2010, but at this point I am resigned to spending much of my future checking prescriptions and doctors and diet, and worrying about...
... one of the key committees on healthcare reform -- Grassley expects to be named as a conferee. If given a chance to change the bill, Grassley said he would implement strict limits on medical malpractice awards and then use the savings to help plug the Medicare Part D coverage gap. The Iowa senator added that the conference would run differently if Republicans were still in the majority. "My ...
... one of the key committees on healthcare reform -- Grassley expects to be named as a conferee. If given a chance to change the bill, Grassley said he would implement strict limits on medicalmalpractice awards and then use the savings to help plug the Medicare Part D coverage gap. The Iowa senator added that the conference would run differently if Republicans were still in the majority. "My ...
... one of the key committees on healthcare reform -- Grassley expects to be named as a conferee. If given a chance to change the bill, Grassley said he would implement strict limits on medicalmalpractice awards and then use the savings to help plug the Medicare Part D coverage gap. The Iowa senator added that the conference would run differently if Republicans were still in the majority. "My ...
... one of the key committees on healthcare reform -- Grassley expects to be named as a conferee. If given a chance to change the bill, Grassley said he would implement strict limits on medicalmalpracticeawards and then use the savings to help plug the Medicare Part D coverage gap. The Iowa senator added that the conference would run differently if Republicans were still in the majority. "My ...
... one of the key committees on healthcare reform -- Grassley expects to be named as a conferee. If given a chance to change the bill, Grassley said he would implement strict limits on medical malpracticeawards and then use the savings to help plug the Medicare Part D coverage gap. The Iowa senator added that the conference would run differently if Republicans were still in the majority. "My ...
