- Jon Lewis | December 05, 2009 1:49 PM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Tractor-Trailer Accidents
Did you know that hospitals and physicians rarely ever receive the amount they charge for their services? Health insurance companies do not pay the actual bills invoiced by medical professionals....
- Pete Mackey | December 21, 2009 8:24 AM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
I must admit that, although I have long supported healthcare reform, the onslaught of columns and op/ed pieces screaming about the cost of doing so has had me running scared. On the one hand, even...
- Greg Cusimano | June 27, 2008 2:54 PM | Gadsden, AL
Category:
FDA & Prescription Drugs
Health Care Cost in the United States is out of control. Are we getting our money’s worth? Cost of health insurance for family of four exceeded gross earnings for a minimum wage full-time worker. Over 47 million Americans remain uninsured.
- Jon Lewis | June 12, 2008 5:47 PM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
Most people are very confused when we tell them they cannot sue the other driver's insurance company. The look on their faces is even more perplexed when we tell them that they cannot mention the...
- Pete Mackey | December 01, 2009 8:53 AM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
A recent study by researchers based at harvard has found that the lack of health insurance causes almost 45,000 deaths annually in the U.S. The American Journal of Public Health first published the...
- Pete Mackey | August 30, 2009 5:17 PM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
The healthcare bill being considered seems to have a 1000 angles. One of the problems with tackling this monster is that it has many causes, and most of those causes lead back to a special interest...
- Pete Mackey | August 24, 2009 8:52 AM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
Though there has been press coverage of Wendell Potter's changing role, it has been curiously light. In June, he testified before Congress on the abuses of HMOs. Now he's back in the picture,...
- Pete Burns | August 02, 2009 3:38 PM | Mobile, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
Post hoc underwriting is the process the medical insurance companies use to cancel a customer’s policy after the customer develops a serious illness. If the individual develops a condition...
- Jon Lewis | August 03, 2008 9:00 AM | Birmingham, AL
Category:
Automobile Accidents
The other day one of my partners and I were discussing a case which was set for trial. In the case, the defendant was clearly at fault, and the question became: what is the threshold settlement...
- Greg Cusimano | June 28, 2008 10:28 AM | Gadsden, AL
Category:
Miscellaneous
How Good Is Our Health Care Anyway? We often hear the mantra; “The U.S. has the best medical system in the world.” We do have many areas of health care that deserve credit. However, The National...