Posts tagged Health Care

• Isn't Tort Reform Only About Frivolous Cases?

  Wayne Parsons | October 25, 2009 2:08 PM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If you listen to doctors complain that they need protection from lawsuit abuse and that the real problem in health care reform is defensive medicine and lawsuits driving up the cost of health care,...

• Most See That Legal Reforms Are The Wrong Idea

  Wayne Parsons | October 19, 2009 3:00 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In an op-ed in the Houston Chronicle (10/16), N. Alex Winslow, executive director of Texas Watch, wrote, Lately we have heard a lot...about Texas-style, anti-patient laws as a solution to our...

• Insurance Reform Now!!

  Wayne Parsons | October 17, 2009 1:29 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The most important consumer legislation in the last 50 years is presently moving in Congress with Senator Patrick Leahy, VT. leading the way. Senator Leahy Submits Legislation For Insurance Reform -...

• Senator Leahy Submits Legislation For Insurance Reform -

  Wayne Parsons | October 16, 2009 12:20 PM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In spite of all the hem-hawing and confusion surrounding American health care reform, one senator is taking initiative. Senator Patrick Leahy, of Vermont, has recently introduced the Health...

• Insurance Reform Because Of Insurance Abuse

  Wayne Parsons | October 14, 2009 1:22 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  The insurance industry has more money than any other force in American politics and their right wing conservative media forces, led by Limbaugh and O'Reilly are geared up to blitz the public with...

• CBO Report On Tort Reform And Health Care Flawed

  Wayne Parsons | October 12, 2009 4:42 PM | 12 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Orin Hatch may have gotten the headline that his powerful insurance industry CFO's wanted but the headline isn't supported by the data in the latest CBO report on tort reform and health care....

• Home Health Care Nursing Risks Face The Elderly

  Wayne Parsons | October 12, 2009 3:49 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  When it comes to elderly care, most of us immediately worry about the living conditions of the patient. Are his nurses treating him well? Does she receive the attention and stimulation that she...

• Do Private Health Insurance Practices Causes Decline In Health Care Quality?

  Wayne Parsons | October 10, 2009 11:08 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Science Daily reports on 09 October 2009 that [t]he cost and quality of health care, as well as access to care and health outcomes, continue to vary widely among states, according to the...

• Study Links Post-Op Deaths to Hospital Response

  Wayne Parsons | October 09, 2009 5:46 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Would you go to a hospital if you saw that it had more surgical complications than average? Complications are bad _ right? Maybe you should re-think that decision. A new study shows that the number...

• Defensive Medicine Health Care Case Study

  Wayne Parsons | October 03, 2009 2:51 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Does your doctor perform a lot of unnecessary tests when you go for a visit? Not mine. The typical situation is when I ask about getting tested for something that I saw on TV or read about and my...