What Tort “Reformers” in NY Don’t Want You to Know
There’s been a lot of public hand wringing by the GOP’s best spin doctors about those “runaway medical malpractice verdicts,” and their deleterious effects on the cost of healthcare, all done in the name of limiting victims’ rights to fair compensation, and helping doctors and hospitals avoid accountability for their errors. In GOP World, the [...]
Did FDR’s Doctors Commit Medical Malpractice?
In today’s NY Times there is an intriguing article on the cause of FDR’s death–something that has never been clear due to the shroud of secrecy maintained over the health problems of presidents of the time. The article’s author, Dr. Lawrence K. Altman, asks if FDR had a melanoma above his left eyebrow, and if [...]
Conservative Hacks Continue to Beat Medical Malpractice Horse
Today’s Washington Times has a commentary post by a person who claims the title of “doctor,” Dr. Jason D. Fodeman. I say that because the writer addresses the high costs of so-called “defensive medicine,” in a manner so robotic and lacking in humanity that it is difficult to believe such a person has devoted his [...]