Comments on: Healthcare Update 02-10-2010

By: Law firm press releases

Law firm press releases — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 05:21:50 +0000

[...] can make it sound, notes WhiteCoat, as if the law firm itself rather than its client was awarded the [...]

By: Ron Miller

Ron Miller — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:14:28 +0000

This is a fair jab to be sure. But let’s not put too much meaning into a PR firm screwing up its press release.

By: midwest woman

midwest woman — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 15:28:15 +0000

” St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York closing due to massive debt”…..a hospital closed in the River City..one of the largest and oldest ones. However they’re keeping the ER and psych unit open. Does this make any sense????

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 01:07:23 +0000

I agree, that’s why I used the word apparently. But that’s just an example. It’s not hard to imagine an injury that leads to medical costs in the 7 figures, is it? Not to mention lost income if you can’t work.

The point I was making isn’t related to whether the jury was right or wrong.

By: paul

paul — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 23:09:05 +0000

well we don’t have all the facts so who are we to judge what happened in this case?!?

sound familiar?

By: CholeraJoe

CholeraJoe — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:50:33 +0000

So many things to comment on:

First – the crooked pubic hair line. There is a woman left in the US with pubic hair? I thought they all waxed. The crab louse has been placed on the endangered species list as a result.

Second – Deaconess in Evansville’s ER expansion. That facility is a major trauma center for most of southern Indiana, northern Kentucky and SE Illinois. They get their share of nursing home patients, but need the extra space to support the trauma service.

Third – Brittney gets a tampon stuck and it’s a major media event. Sheesh.

By: aGuy

aGuy — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 02:15:24 +0000

Sorry, the best one in the poison control blog has got to be number 8. How they keep from laughing (and crying at many of the others) I don’t know…

By: A. J. Campbell

A. J. Campbell — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:06:57 +0000

Nurse Anne Mitchell, criminally prosecuted for reporting substandard medical care to the Texas Board of Medicine, was acquitted after less than an hour of jury deliberation.

The jurors must have gotten into an argument about who was going to be the foreperson; otherwise they would have returned their verdict even faster.

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 14:58:11 +0000

He’s a 41 year old paraplegic, who apparently led an active lifestyle before. The lost income and past and future medical bills could easily be in the millions. Although it’s not clear from the news release how the award was broken down – Cali may not apply the cap until after the verdict has been rendered. Basically, this guy’s lost quality of life for the rest of his life, probably 30 years, is worth less than one year’s salary for his surgeon. But it’s all about fairness, huh?

That’s one reason why the claim of “we’ll stop doing defensive medicine if you give us caps” never makes much sense. A significant injury will have verdicts in the millions regardless. But logic has never been the strong suit of “reformers”.

By: paul

paul — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:27:03 +0000

i thought cali had caps on pain n’ suffering?