Posts tagged universal health care

• AHA Advocates substituting good ole boys for juries

  Pete Burns | October 21, 2009 9:14 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The American Hospital Association is advancing a bizarre version of malpractice “reform”. It advocates substituting a local panel of experts appointed by state authorities for juries....

• Replace "Deny & Defend" with "Honesty & Apology"

  Pete Burns | September 13, 2009 12:41 PM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Tying “Tort Reform” to health insurance reform could benefit both the doctors and the patients. The typical victim of a medical error wants fair compensation not a lawsuit. Most doctors...

• Medical Malpractice: Universal health care & shifting the cost of negligence

  Pete Burns | July 15, 2009 10:32 AM | 1 CommentMobile, AL Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We have approximately 50 million Americans without health insurance. Health care cost following an accident or illness is the most common cause of bankruptcy in the United States. Cleary this is a...