Medical Malpractice

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Medical Malpractice Tort Reform - We Are Already Suffering and Don't Need More

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Nebraska, Medical Errors, California, Tort Reform, Congressional Budget Office, Indiana, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

Tort "reform" is a doozy of a misnomer. There is certainly nothing positive or beneficial about it.

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Boehner's Big Gift to the Drug Industry

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 11.05.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bob Herbert, Health Care Reform, Medical Errors, Tort Reform, Drug Industry, John Boehner, Medical Malpractice, Transparency, Politics News

It's always fun to see what politicians try to bury in fine print. Take, for example, the several hundred-page House Republican health care bill introduced by Mr. Boehner Of Ohio.

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Calls for "Tort Reform" Desperate Distraction From Health Care Debate

Anthony Tarricone | Posted 11.04.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Errors, Congress, Medical Negligence, Medical Malpractice, Health Care, Politics News

There's an epidemic of medical negligence, not lawsuits. Only one in eight people injured by medical negligence ever file suit.

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GOP Health Bill In The Works; Boehner Says Republican Bill Would Extend Insurance Coverage To "Millions"

Wall Street Journal | GREG HITT | Posted 11.02.2009 | Politics

Republicans are preparing an alternative health-care bill to Democratic legislation, House Republican Leader John Boehner said, marking a shift in str...

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Medical Malpractice Insurers: Time to End Their License to Gouge

Joanne Doroshow | Posted 10.27.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance, Medical Malpractice, McCarran-Ferguson Act, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News

Laws to repeal the anti-trust exemption for health insurance have been introduced in every Congress for many years. The industry has fought back every time and nothing was ever really accomplished -- until now.

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Kids Take Care Of Mom, Lisa Strong, Who Lost Her Arms, Legs (VIDEO)

Posted 10.26.2009 | Home

Read More: Lisa Strong, Chloe Strong, Amputations, Amputee, Jesse Strong, Medical Malpractice, Emergency Room, Parenting, Kids Take Care of Mom, Kidney Stones, Home News

In the Strong family, it's the children who take care of their mother. Chloe and Jesse Strong are 10 and 11-years-old. They cook and clean. Chloe ...

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Bill Maher Talks Balloon Boy, Interviews Rep. Alan Grayson (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | Comedy

On "Real Time" this Friday, Maher began his show with a monologue about the the "balloon boy" saga surrounding the Heene family. Maher made some fun...

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The Spectre Haunting GE

BusinessWeek | Jeff Gerth | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: General Electric, Medical Malpractice, Problems With Mri, GE MRI, MRI Patients General Electric, MRI Problems, Ge Medical Problems, General Electric Medical Problems, Ge Medical Complications, Disease, MRI Patients, MRI Complications, Mri, Ge, Business News

Many MRI patients are injected with a GE dye to enhance images. If they have weak kidneys, they might develop a rare and sometimes fatal disease. n...

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Too Many Lawsuits? My Foot

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 10.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Malpractice, Health Care Reform, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Lawsuit, Politics News

Republicans seek to limit medical malpractice lawsuits. But actually, for every patient who sues, there are several who should but don't.

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Why Medical Malpractice Reform Is Off Limits

wsj.com | PHILIP K. HOWARD | Posted 09.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medical Malpractice Reform, Doctors, American Medical Association, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Philip Howard, Politics News

Eliminating defensive medicine could save upwards of $200 billion in health-care costs annually, according to estimates by the American Medical Associ...

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Clueless Industry Lobbyists

Mike Lux | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Insurance Industry, Mike Ross, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

Industry leaders oblivious to the harm people are suffering because of the messed up system should think a little more before they complain about attempts to reform the system for the better.

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The Return of Dr. Feelgood

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 11.16.2009 | Home

Read More: Insurance Industry, Obama, Health Insurance, Faust, Medical Malpractice, Robert Mueller, Dr. Feelgood, Home News

While this administration is still in its infancy, one can't help but think that what we are seeing is more of a massage than a substantive, and bold move in a new direction.

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Personal Responsibility: In Education? Yes! In Health Care? No!

Deane Waldman | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Hr 3200, Morals, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Ealthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Ethics, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

When President Obama gave his speech on health care, he spoke as though the phrase personal responsibility did not exist.

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Tort Reform is a Red Herring, Not a Silver Bullet

Matt Osborne | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Malpractice, Tort Reform, Medical Malpractice, President Obama, Medical Errors, Medical Costs, Medicine, Obama Speech to Congress, Politics News

Trial lawyers are a widely-despised lobby. Yet courts remain the only way individual Americans can redress grievances against the rich and powerful; they are a great leveler, and limits have had perverse effects.

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Obama Speaks to Children in Congress, Adults in High School

Don Parker | Posted 11.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wakefield High School, Tort Reform, Public Option, Medical Malpractice, Health Care Reform, Pre-Existing Condition, Joint Session of Congress, Republican Party, Rep. Joe Wilson, Barack Obama, Kindergarten, Politics News

At Wakefield High School in Virginia, no student yelled at him, calling him a liar. Students didn't hold up signs and papers objecting to the points he was making. And none of the students booed him.

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Healthcare is an Unprincipled Non-System.

Deane Waldman | Posted 10.22.2009 | Politics

Read More: Vision, Bill of Rights, Healthcare System, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Medical Negligence, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Declaration of Independence, Obama Healthcare, ARRA 2009, hr3200, Problem Solving, Principles, Single Payer, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Electronic Medical Records, Health Care Is a Right, Strategy, Mission, Medical Malpractice, Medical Errors, Evidence Based Decision Making, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Hipaa, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Systems Thinking, Medical Costs, Health Care Reform, Health Insurance, Health Information Technology, Politics News

Everyone knows that you cannot cure a sick anything -- patient or system - without a correct diagnosis. What is the diagnosis for sick, "broken" healthcare?

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Rights With No Responsibilities?

Deane Waldman | Posted 10.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, hr3200, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

Do we have the right to make ourselves unhealthy? I would answer, Yes! That is part of being free.

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The Emperor Has No Clothes

Deane Waldman | Posted 10.17.2009 | Politics

Washington is guilty of management malpractice. Simply throwing more money into the waste of the middle will not fix health care.

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What to Ask at a Town Hall on Health Care

Deane Waldman | Posted 09.28.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, Town Hall, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

What to ask our Representatives at town hall meeting, and in letters or emails.

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The Public Option, Who Makes Decisions to Treat Us, and Tort Reform

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 09.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bureaucrats, Healthcare Decisionmaking, Tort Reform, The Public Option, Supreme Court, Medical Malpractice, Rep. Mark Kirk, Health Care Reform, Town Halls, Obama Health Care, Health Care Myths, Politics News

We are not in a room crafting health care legislation, so we have to rely on the words of those we elected to public office to truthfully tell us what they say, and how which bill will best benefit our lives.

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They Are Still Practicing Bad Medicine -- on Medicine (and Therefore on Us).

Deane Waldman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Living

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Living News

Given a fundamentally flawed, unsupportable health care system, we need a new one rather than changing where some dollars flow and adding new dollars that we don't have in the first place.

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ObamaCare Is Not "a Good Start." They Are Blowing an Opportunity to fix Health care.

Deane Waldman | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Personal Responsibility, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

We need an extended, all-media national dialogue, not violent, partisan town hall meetings in response to a Plan devised behind closed doors.

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One Good Reason to Get Mad About Health Care

Patrick Malone | Posted 09.17.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Reform, Medical Errors, Health Insurance, Cancer Prevention, Health Care, Medical Malpractice, Politics News

Right now, sophisticated patients can look up on the Internet a doctor's basic credentials and lawsuit history but not much more. With a "no patient left behind" system of mandatory report cards, patients could comparison-shop for doctors based on what's important: not price but quality.

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In Health Care, Complexity Costs and Kills. ObamaCare Will Increase Complexity: You Do the Math

Deane Waldman | Posted 09.13.2009 | Politics

Read More: Health Care Is a Right, Healthcare System, Medical Malpractice, Healthcare Financing, Obamacare, Evidence Based Decision Making, Medical Negligence, Medical Errors, Healthcare, Root Cause Analysis, Healthcare Regulations, Obama Healthcare, Hipaa, ARRA 2009, Adverse Medical Outcomes, America’s Affordable Health Choices Act, Medical Costs, Systems Thinking, Problem Solving, Single Payer, Health Insurance, Health Care Reform, Aahca, Universal Health Care, Health Information Technology, Electronic Medical Records, Politics News

Complexity is considered bad in most business activities because it reduces efficiency and therefore costs money. In health care it is worse.

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An Ordinary Man

Norman Horowitz | Posted 09.10.2009 | Politics

Read More: Medical Industrial Complex, Socialized Medicine, Medical Malpractice, Canada Health Care, New York Subway, Universal Health Care, Healthcare Reform, Healthcare, Politics News

My primary connection to health care is my being a consumer of it, and nothing more. I will apologize at least once for having the temerity to suggest...

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