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West Virginia Hospitals Deal With Protest
Spartanburg Herald-Journal ^
| Jan.2,2003
| GAVIN McCORMICK
Posted on 01/02/2003 4:29:02 PM PST by Captain Shady
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Another day of bad medical situation in West Virginia.
To: Captain Shady
Go Docs!
To: Captain Shady
Why just the northern panhandle? Walk out in KANAWHA COUNTY! Only then will the trial lawyer politicians get it.
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posted on
01/02/2003 4:44:01 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: Captain Shady
Don't expect anything of substance from the dimwitted Dem Gov. Wise. We West Virginians will just sit tight, hoping to avoid catastrophic illness and injury pending resolution of the matter!
To: Timesink
My guess is that the most outrageous (read, baseless) medical malpractice suits are filed in the 1st judicial circuit, comprised of Hancock, Brooke and Ohio counties.
To: mountaineer
Don't expect anything of substance from the dimwitted Dem Gov. Wise. We West Virginians will just sit tight, hoping to avoid catastrophic illness and injury pending resolution of the matter!For once, living in Huntington will have a positive side!
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posted on
01/02/2003 4:49:48 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: Captain Shady
Hey, Hofreuter. Be careful about COBRA and EMTALA when you transfer those patients. If they think they've been transferred for economic reasons, they can sue YOU and the feds can apply criminal sanctions. There's more to worry about than malpractice, you know.
W VA has been a problem for a long time. Many people have been going to Kentucky and Virginia for years for their medical care because WVa is so dicey.
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posted on
01/02/2003 4:51:00 PM PST
by
Mamzelle
To: mountaineer
My guess is that the most outrageous (read, baseless) medical malpractice suits are filed in the 1st judicial circuit, comprised of Hancock, Brooke and Ohio counties.Makes sense. I don't ever remember hearing of too many out-of-control damage rewards here in the *cough* metropolitan area, at least not by the usual standards, and my mother's worked in the medical profession all her life.
Interesting sidenote: State Farm is going to stop selling car and home insurance in the state.
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posted on
01/02/2003 4:52:26 PM PST
by
Timesink
To: Mamzelle
Who is John Galt?
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posted on
01/02/2003 4:52:50 PM PST
by
Jonathan
To: Jonathan
This bit of news is a real interesting juxtaposition to ambualance chaser Edwards' announcement that he is running for the Presidency.
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posted on
01/02/2003 5:13:47 PM PST
by
Credo
To: Captain Shady
This is less of a strike and more of the economic destruction of the noble medical profession (think Frist) by the utterly corrupt, evil, unregulated lawyer industry (think Edwards, Bill, or Hillary.
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posted on
01/02/2003 5:22:49 PM PST
by
friendly
To: Credo
This bit of news is a real interesting juxtaposition to ambualance chaser Edwards' announcement that he is running for the Presidency.I had the exact same thought as Jim Lehrer's toady said Edwards came from poverty but "made his fortune as a trial lawyer." They think that's a GOOD thing.
BTW, isn't the state of Nevada next on this hit list? I think I read the malpractice situation is nearly critical there, too.
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posted on
01/02/2003 5:25:00 PM PST
by
lainie
To: Captain Shady
National Review did a cover story on this situation a year or so ago. It was titled, "When Trial Lawyers Attack". One point the story made was that in W. Va. there tends to be a cultural mistrust of the successful that is expressed in the desire to sue doctors. A typical West Virginian's response to the problem posed by litigation against doctors is, "But insurance pays for it, right?"
According to the article, physicians have been leaving their W. Va. practices and departing for other states for years now.
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posted on
01/02/2003 5:53:18 PM PST
by
WarrenC
To: Captain Shady
Robert Byrd must be proud.
To: Captain Shady
Things are bad enough. But imagine how much worse healthcare would be if Hitlery got her socialist healthcare policy in the early 1990s.
To: Captain Shady
Another day of bad medical situation in West Virginia.It's not just West Virginia. This is happening in lots of states, and we ain't seen nothin' yet (to quote The Great One).
To: LiberalBuster
Things are bad enough. But imagine how much worse healthcare would be if Hitlery got her socialist healthcare policy in the early 1990s. Don't count Hillarycare as dead yet - if we can't break the death grip the trial lawyers have on the health care industry, it will be coming as the "solution."
To: Captain Shady
Doctors should start refusing to treat Lawyers, Paralegals, Legal Secretaries, anyone who works for a plaintiff law firm, and their families.
It ain't Joe Sixpack and Sallie Housecoat who are driving this problem, it's lawyers.
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posted on
01/02/2003 7:49:23 PM PST
by
LibKill
To: Jonathan
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posted on
01/02/2003 10:00:03 PM PST
by
mvpel
To: lainie
BTW, isn't the state of Nevada next on this hit list? I think I read the malpractice situation is nearly critical there, too. The Shakespearean option is in order here. I heard things are bad in Nevada. I live in OH so I have heard this is happening in WV. W and the GOP must get their arms around tort reform. Tort Lawyers are the key to Dem Party power.
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posted on
01/03/2003 2:41:07 AM PST
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Credo
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