Patient With Debilitating Pain Treated With The Urgency Of A Common Cold
<h3>Lillian Jeffries - Sun City, CA</h3>
Healthcare
HMO Denies Quadriplegic Boy Home Nursing Care
<h3>Matt Scwabe - Davenport, IA</h3>
A Simple Test Would Have Saved His Hearing
<h3>Kyle, 3 - Bakersfield, CA</h3>
Delayed Surgery Leads To Death of Heart Patient
<h3>Honora Wempren - La Mesa, CA</h3>
HMO Refuses Expensive Tests, Wife Does Own Research To Diagnose Ailing Husband
<h3>Frank Dutcher - Azle, TX</h3>
At-Risk Mother Not Admitted To Hospital, Loses Baby, Has No Remedy
<h3>Florence Corcoran - Slidell, LA</h3>
Woman On “Inside” of Health Care Benefits Learns The Hard Way About Being On “Outside”
<h3>Judy Lerner - Studio City, CA</h3>
Patient Told To Reuse Colostomy Bag For 5 Days
<h3>Michelle Leasure - Baltimore, MD</h3>
H.M.O.’s Using Federal Law To Deflect Malpractice Suits
Health maintenance organizations, which care for more than 60 million
people, are telling courts across the country that they cannot be held
responsible for medical malpractice in cases involving patients who
receive care through employer-sponsored health plans. The
H.M.O.'s argue that they are protected against malpractice claims and
lawsuits by a 1974 Federal law that regulates employee benefits.
Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice
“Medical care may be hazardous to your health.” That frightening warning is the principal conclusion of numerous studies. Independent scientific research has sketched out the...