A new book, Medical Malpractice: By the Numbers, published by the Center for Justice & Democracy at New York University Law School, revels several startling findings regarding our healthcare system and medical malpractice. According to the press release issued by Center for Justice & Democracy, among the many findings are:
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I was on a family vacation a few months ago and read a billboard that said, “If you want to speak with God, call Him. If you want to meet Him, text.” It was a pretty clever billboard, and I remember thinking, wow, even in Costa Rica? I sat at a traffic light on…
Many older patients, who are on Medicare or in a Medicare Advantage Plan, are shocked when they are hospitalized for less than 3 days only to find out that Medicare will not pay for nursing home coverage following this brief hospitalization. These patients, who are technically admitted for “observation” for less than 3 full days,…
A while back I blogged about “mode of operation,” the legal doctrine used in negligence cases, primarily slip and falls, against businesses whose “method of doing business create an inherent risk of injury” to its patrons. Put another way, there are some businesses who, by the very nature of the way they are set up,…
Many individuals take an early retirement, at age 62, the youngest age at which you can currently receive your Social Security retirement benefit, thinking that they can get a better return on their money by investing the amount they receive from Social Security. Most retirement experts do not advise this course of action. First of…
