Posts tagged 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....

• Health Care Reform

  Pete Burns | October 07, 2009 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Now that President Obama has focused public attention on the deplorable state of health insurance in America everyone purports to agree that we must change the system. In truth, insurance companies...

• Durable Power of Attorney over Health Care Issues

  Gaines Drago | September 23, 2009 10:44 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  No one likes to think about their own mortality, especially while feeling vibrant and alive. The It could never happen to me attitude, dominates our thoughts, and while it is true that most of the...

• 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...

• Health Care Insurance - ERISA Is Not Your Friend (unless you are an insurance company)

  Pete Mackey | January 17, 2009 6:52 PM | 3 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  When you sue an insurance company for failing to pay your medical bills, chances are that your lawsuit will be governed by the Employees Retirement Income Security Act of 1974. That Act was...

• UnitedHealth Settlement - Not So Fast Says Plaintiffs' Lawyer

  Pete Mackey | January 16, 2009 12:43 PM | 2 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  UnitedHealth's $350,000,000 settlement is not enough money, says a lawyer for some of the plaintiffs in that case: “We believe the amount agreed to is inadequate and does not reflect as...

• UnitedHealth Settlement - Phase Two

  Pete Mackey | January 15, 2009 6:54 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  UnitedHealth Group entered into a $350,000,000 settlement of three class actions on behalf of the American Medical Association, health plan members, healthcare providers and state medical societies....

• UnitedHealth Settlement - Another View

  Pete Mackey | January 15, 2009 8:17 AM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The UnitedHealth settlement with the state of New York has been hailed as a boon for healthcare plan subscribers who want to use doctors aho are not part of their network. Perhaps it is not all that...

• UnitedHealth Group Settles With New York Attorney General

  Pete Mackey | January 13, 2009 3:38 PM | 0 CommentsMobile, AL Category: Miscellaneous
  

  UnitedHealth Group has agreed to settle a case filed by the New York Attorney General's office. That lawsuit, filed in the spring of 2008, accused the health care giant of defrauding its members by...