Posts tagged texas

• Rick Perry Cut State Firefighting Funds, Now Asking for Federal Firefighting Aid

  Mike Ferrara | September 16, 2011 6:59 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Texas governor Rick Perry likes to brag about his state’s economic successes since he’s been governor. This year, he said, “We passed a balanced budget while maintaining essential...

• FALSE: Texas Gained 21,000 Doctors Because of Tort Reform

  Mike Ferrara | August 26, 2011 2:32 PM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Republicans everywhere, including presidential hopeful/George W. Bush doppelganger Rick Perry, like to claim that tort reform, and malpractice reform in particular, is a great way to reduce health...

• Contamination at Texas Food Processing Plant Linked to Four Deaths

  Mike Ferrara | October 24, 2010 5:36 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Toxic Substances
  

  Last week, the San Antonio-based Sangar Produce and Processing plant was shut down by Texas authorities for food contamination that has been linked to four deaths. According to Texas...

• Say No to Tort Reform; Yes to Reducing Medical Errors

  Mike Ferrara | September 13, 2009 10:14 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Miscellaneous
  

  Almost everyone can agree that lower costs are among the most needed reforms in our health care system. Tort reform will not lead to lower costs. The facts show that malpractice suits and...

• “Defensive Medicine” Makes Dollars, but No Sense.

  Mike Ferrara | September 11, 2009 10:22 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The logic of all the “defensive medicine” talk doesn’t add up. Doctors all around the country insist that they often perform unnecessary tests and procedures to avoid...

• Texas Tort Reform is STILL NOT a Model for Nationwide Health Care Reform

  Mike Ferrara | September 09, 2009 10:17 PM | 3 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  I’m sure that everyone who was listening noticed the section in Barack Obama’s address to Congress tonight where he talked about trying out some more caps on medical...

• Texas Tort Reform is NOT a Model for Nationwide Health Care Reform

  Mike Ferrara | September 07, 2009 8:24 PM | 24 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Tort reformers like to talk a lot about how the threat of malpractice suits raises health care costs by forcing doctors to practice “defensive medicine”—the ordering of...

• Construction Deaths Way Up in Texas; OSHA Gets Involved

  Mike Ferrara | July 17, 2009 10:53 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Workplace Injuries
  

  Over the past four years, there has been a shocking 31% increase of construction related deaths in the state of Texas, particularly among Hispanic workers. 2007 data (the most recent available)...

• Will Ford Successfully Reverse $3M Settlement for Juror Misconduct in Rollover/Paralysis Claim?

  Mike Ferrara | January 21, 2009 9:47 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Brownsville, Texas woman Rosa Martinez who was paralyzed in 2002 from the neck down in a Ford Explorer rollover accident has not yet received any of the $3 million settlement that Ford Motor...