OUCH!......I need to go to the DOCTOR..

[Ferrus]

on the issue of citizens' rights to sue HMOs:

i agree with Ryan (see, I'm not always comin' atcha!)

Ryan has actually taken a conservative stance on this issue

usually it is the "conservatives" who are more protective of citizens' rights to seek damages at the state level...in this case, it is odd that "conservative" legislators and the president are AGAINST the citizens' right to sue medical providers in state court, without a cap on damages

 

[BO-CEPHUS]

My problem with the bill is that it allows people to sue their EMPLOYERS. If and when lawsuits arise, look for more companies to start dropping health coverage.

This bill and no other will solve our healthcare problems. You can think the government for HMO's even being able to treat their "customers" like shit. This is just more feel good politics in which will do nothing for the real problem.

Get the govt out of healtcare, privatize it and market competition will take care of the rest.

 

[Ferrus]

That's right, Bo

get the government out of healthcare...if someone wants to sue their healthcare provider (or employer as the case may be), let 'em

 

[Yellowbomber]

BUMP

 

[Warik]

usually it is the "conservatives" who are more protective of citizens' rights to seek damages at the state level...in this case, it is odd that "conservative" legislators and the president are AGAINST the citizens' right to sue medical providers in state court, without a cap on damages

There is not a cap on actual damages. If you are a victim of malpractice that results in $X of damage, the "conservatives" want you to be able to sue for $X + $500,000. The leftists, on the other hand, want you to be able to sue for $X + $5,000,000.

Five million ADDITIONAL damages. This is AFTER your medical bills and pain and suffering etc... have been paid for. An extra $5,000,000.... for nothing!?!?!??! That is insane.

They also want you to be able to sue your employer. Your employer was nice enough to offer you healthcare and now you're going to sue him? Don't be surprised if you go looking for a job in the next few years and the interviewer LAUGHS IN YOUR FACE when you say: "Don't I get some kind of health plan to...?"

-Warik

 

[Laserdude]

I personally have been malpracticed and could not get the bastards in court. About 8 Dr.'s conspired to deny the fact that I had a stroke 10 years ago. They said my
c-scan was negative and to call my Dr. in the morn. Wrong!

My bro called my Dr. and told him about it the next day and he said don't take him back there "they will fucking kill him."

So we picked up the c-scan film and took to another hospital, where it was correctly diagnosed.

If I ever, and I mean ever have some quack do this kind of shit again, I will no doubt kill him and maybe every one who moves with a white jacket with my .357 with 7 rounds per speed clip of which I have 4, and clean up the trash in the ER.

I will not wait for a court to deal with such scum. That is my Patient's Bill of Rights. I don't need a government to deal with this kind of b.s. I don't miss either as I am quite practiced at target shooting.

I detest Dr.'s to the max. Total shit heads. I am fortunate that I recovered, and so are the Dr.'s that screwed me or I would have made the headlines.

Enough said.

 

[GaryWary]

Re: OUCH!......I need to go to the DOCTOR..

They can't cure racism?