Posts tagged Health

• Michigan Supreme Court to Determine Patient Privacy Rights

  David Mittleman | December 09, 2009 11:49 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Most of us would consider our personal health information to be just that – personal. It is important to our health to be frank and open with our doctors about conditions that may seem...

• Latisse Users Choose Vanity Over Eye Health, Eye Doctors Argue

  David Mittleman | December 09, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Preying upon women’s vanity, Allergan has seen its sales skyrocket to $47.7 million since introducing Latisse as an option to grow longer eyelashes. Using actress and model Brooke Shields as a...

• Are Malpractice Claims Running Doctors Out of Business?

  Mike Ferrara | December 08, 2009 9:06 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In an effort to cap or otherwise limit malpractice claims across the country, tort reformers tell us again and again how the high cost of malpractice insurance is running doctors out of...

• Senator Delay, Senator Defend, And Senator Defend: Do The Job For Insurance Companies

  Mike Bryant | December 07, 2009 11:17 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  We have talked about the insurance company strategy of Deny, Delay, Defend many times here at the Injurboard. A couple of companies have almost come right out and admitted that is their strategy....

• Where Do The Doctors Go?

  Mike Bryant | December 07, 2009 9:56 AM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  There has been an going mantra from fans of tort reform that the main reason you need medical malpractice change is that doctors are quitting and fleeing states because of premiums. Many of the...

• Employers who hire day laborers still responsible for workers comp benefits

  Doug Landau | December 06, 2009 9:15 PM | 0 CommentsFairfax, Leesburg & Loudoun, VA Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Employers who hire day laborers, undocumented workers and cash only laborers still responsible for workers comp benefits, according to workplace injury lawyer Doug Landau of ABRAMS LANDAU, Ltd. In a...

• Heath Insurance Coverage Shouldn't Be A Deterrent To Rape Reports

  Mike Bryant | December 06, 2009 7:51 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Interesting series in the Huffington Post last week, which looked into the issue of what happens to women who make certain kinds of medical claims. Spotlighted were the cases of women who, after...

• The Senate Health Care Debate Continues To Be About Money Instead Of Consumers

  Mike Bryant | December 06, 2009 5:05 PM | 0 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I've written a number of times about what the issues should be at the heart of the health care debate: making sure more people have insurance, helping businesses that are being crushed by insurance...

• Why are Medical Bills so High?

  Jon Lewis | December 05, 2009 1:49 PM | 3 CommentsBirmingham, 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....

• AAJ Goes Underground to Debunk Rumors About Tort Reform

  David Mittleman | December 04, 2009 10:00 AM | 0 CommentsLansing, MI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The American Association for Justice is getting an important message across by advertising in Union Station throughout December. Blanketing the metro station’s walls, the message reads...