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After being run out of 3 states, Doctor seeks work in Texas
Friday, 20th April 2007
A former Virginia physician who moved from state to state to keep practicing, after she was forced out of hospitals in North Carolina and New Mexico when questions arose about her surgical skills, has applied for a license to practice in Texas, records show.
Pamela L. Johnson, an obstetrician and gynecologist, applied for a license last month, according to the Texas State Board...Read More
Corporate Wrongdoers Bury Emails
Friday, 20th April 2007
Richard "Dickie" Irvin of Lansing, Michigan, had been a local hero in his hometown. A high school football legend who went on to play Canadian League Football, Dickie lived an extremely healthy life and chose to spend his retirement coaching youth sports and hosting charity events. In April 2001, he was prescribed the painkiller Vioxx for a former football knee injury. After taking Vioxx for only 23 days, Dickie died from a sudden, unexpected heart attack....Read More
Malpractice Bill Shields Drugmakers
Friday, 20th April 2007
The medical malpractice bill backed by President Bush would prevent consumers from seeking punitive damages from the makers of Vioxx and Celebrex, two popular pain medications recently linked to increased risks of heart attacks and strokes, according to legal experts on both sides of the issue....Read More
For Arizona's Future
Protecting Arizona's Families
Access to good health care is vital to all Arizona state residents. In recent years price gouging insurance companies and the lack of accountability for a small number of bad doctors have become burdensome for consumers and health care system.
Every year thousands of patients in Arizona are injured by preventable medical errors - some with devastating consequences - yet the health care providers responsible are rarely punished by the state for negligence, even in grievous cases.
Rather than sanctioning and removing dangerous health care providers from the medical system, the system protects and allows them to continue endangering lives from within. Insurance companies respond with higher premiums, rate spikes and massive special interest spending as they attempt to stabilize costs by limiting injured patients' right to the civil justice system.
Now special interests are pushing the state legislature to put the burden even more on us. Their proposal has already passed in the senate and they are pushing to make it a law in the house.
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