tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post2663185991462168775..comments2024-03-18T17:51:23.018-04:00Comments on MD Whistleblower: The Health Care Reform Summit: A One Act PlayMichael Kirsch, M.D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-73107892189092409732010-03-10T07:29:59.277-05:002010-03-10T07:29:59.277-05:00Suffering hospital negligence can result in death ...Suffering hospital negligence can result in death or serious injury with large costs and suffering associated to it. If someone you love has been harmed by hospital malpractice, here is some important information that you should consider:<br /><br /> * In order to prevail in a hospital malpractice suit you have to prove that the hospital staff acted unreasonably and that the hospital staff conduct was a direct cause of injury. Unless both issues are proved, there is no case. <br /> * A hospital staff is not negligent simply because his/her efforts were unsuccessful. <br /> * The failure of a treatment is not negligence if it was an accepted treatment based on the information the doctor had or should have had when the choice of treatment was made.<br />Visit <a href="http://www.claimshelpline.com/clinical-negligence.aspx" rel="nofollow"><b>Clinical Negligence</b></a> for more information.Jay Parmarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03705537128239862276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-2085826546503437192010-02-21T10:37:01.580-05:002010-02-21T10:37:01.580-05:00Oops: "original" should be "origin&...Oops: "original" should be "origin"LeisureGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962143066390145440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-45626696423411511202010-02-21T10:36:21.758-05:002010-02-21T10:36:21.758-05:00First of all, a medical malpractice lawyer would h...First of all, a medical malpractice lawyer would have nothing to fear from anesthesiologists. That specialty actually took action against medical malpractice (something other specialties have yet to do to the degree that anesthesiologists did) and as a result the occurrence of malpractice in anesthesiology dropped to almost nothing, and their malpractice insurance premiums also dropped. Medical malpractice lawsuits, as study after study has show, have their original in medical malpractice.<br /><br />Second, the government could be much more effective than it is. See this post by James Fallows, and also read the PDF at the link in the post: http://bit.ly/9eiXny<br /><br />Third, even now we see the GOP refusing to participate in good-faith negotiations by their approach to the healthcare summit. The Democrats have (insanely, IMHO) reached out to the GOP during the entire process. You may be aware of Max Baucus's efforts to incorporate GOP ideas in the bill, and the entertaining way that the GOP opposes their own ideas once those ideas are adopted by the Democrats. (That is the very definition of bad-faith negotiating).<br /><br />Finally, you might be interested in this series of articles that began with a medical whistleblower and her subsequent firing. Read from the bottom up at http://www.salon.com/news/camp_lejeune/index.html.LeisureGuyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05962143066390145440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-77020394960456033142010-02-21T07:17:05.111-05:002010-02-21T07:17:05.111-05:00Thanks for the comment. For any version of health...Thanks for the comment. For any version of health care reform to succeed, players will have to give up money, control and health care services.<br /><br />Here are some of the stakeholders:<br /><br />(1)The government<br />(2)The public<br />(3)Physicians<br />(4)Trial Lawyers<br />(5)Pharma<br />(6)Hospitals<br />(7)Medical device companies<br />(8)Medical schools<br />(9)Insurance Companies<br /><br />Can you imagine a scenario where all or most of these folks fall on their swords for the greater good?Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-73489994039739420802010-02-20T22:49:33.656-05:002010-02-20T22:49:33.656-05:00I think he tried to placate the other side, but th...I think he tried to placate the other side, but the current Republican ethos is so contrary to what Obama thinks is needed in healthcare that there seems to be little common ground to reach. The Repubs popularize ideas like "death panels" and "health care rationing" as if those things don't already exist in the form of clandestine insurance rationing systems. Rationing of health care is an obvious requirement of any system, socialized or not. Healthcare is like the light bill - you have a to pay or it every month. Going into debt to pay for healthcare on a national level makes no sense at all, as it does not ever pay back. American goes further into debt to China every day to pay for an unafforadable health care system because we refuse to admit that unlimited health care at any time for any person is unachievable and in fact undesireable.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-84257843410503212882010-02-19T07:16:41.731-05:002010-02-19T07:16:41.731-05:00To my academic colleague above, do you really thin...To my academic colleague above, do you really think that Obama (and the Democrats) pursued a bipartisan path? I acknowledge that the GOP has wielded its political influence skillfully to serve themselves, but I don't think they have had a monopoly on this strategy. I think there has been, and will be, sharp partisanship on all sides.Michael Kirsch, M.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07555280388086931097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-16238454359611173502010-02-18T22:01:03.275-05:002010-02-18T22:01:03.275-05:00Sadly, nothing is going to happen. The Republican...Sadly, nothing is going to happen. The Republicans refuse to cooperate whatsoever, despite the obvious need for some kind of health reform. Obama's desire for bipartisanship has led him down the wrong path. He should have had a scorched earth policy with the republicans from the beginning. Now he's halfway through his term with minimal success, with a real possibility of being a 1 termer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7323692122514281455.post-89216833973004209492010-02-14T22:20:06.910-05:002010-02-14T22:20:06.910-05:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com