http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2012/02/01/the-daily-writing-sample-why-judges-dread-medicare-cases/

“There can be no doubt but that the statutes and provisions in question, involving the financing of Medicare and Medicaid, are among the most completely impenetrable texts within human experience. Indeed, one approaches them at the level of specificity herein demanded with dread, for not only are they dense reading of the most tortuous kind, but Congress also revisits the area frequently, generously cutting and pruning in the process and making any solid grasp of the matters addressed merely a passing phase.”

(that’s a pretty laborious sentence itself)

Are you sure you’re a doctor?

Of course it’s not a trial, never said it was. Read for comprehension.

Hey – someone want to kick the jukebox? The record seems to be skipping again.

There wasn’t a trial, counselor. The hospital reportedly took action against her and the nursing board reportedly took action against her license without due process.

What should those “stupid” Arizona people do now?

We can’t just take Trujillo’s allegations at face value or accept her lawyer’s account as necessarily reflective of all the facts in the case, but there are a lot of red flags here suggesting the nurse is being scapegoated.

As to this, it sounds like an employment law matter, and I have little experience there. What’s more, there’s probably some very specific Arizona statutes that are relevant.

I think what’s important here is that if the surgeon performed wholly unnecessary surgery on this patient, that we be sure that he and his insurer get the maximum liability protection that well compensated insurance lobbyists can get the legislature to provide, regardless of the facts of the case! The people of Arizona are just too damn stupid to judge his actions!