Last week, Congress failed to repeal the Affordable Care Act or to replace it with a bill that would have upended Americans’ access to healthcare for the second time in the last few years. As noted on this blog, the American healthcare system has been in a never-ending state of upheaval for generations. Political “fixes” […]
Medicaid expansion in the wake of Congress’ failure to repeal and replace ACA? Republican Governors for Medicaid Expansion
Supervision improves mortality outcomes in healthcare. https://mobile.nytimes.com/2017/03/20/well/live/when-hospital-inspectors-are-watching-fewer-patients-die.html?referer=https://t.co/88Hq8Rh028
The week was about a healthcare overhaul that may never come to pass. http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2017/03/24/house-obamacare-repeal-vote/99573690/
Another consumer victory we championed in the appellate courts. Insurance companies often claim that everything they do on a particular claim is privileged and secret because it is their “work product” prepared in anticipation of litigation. That is not always true and we successfully appealed the issue in Signorelli v. Fireman’s Fund. In that case, […]
Travel day across the Alley yesterday. New proposal for supervised injection centers to save lives today. Another Senseless Death – New England Journal of Medicine
Twenty four million Americans will lose insurance within the next two years and premiums will explode if the ACA is repealed and replaced as planned. Cost of Obamacare Repeal You can read the CBO Report here. CBO Report on ACA Repeal
Massive Fraud in our Nursing Homes from False Claims. Justice Department Nails Nursing Homes for False Claims
H/T Sara Fitzpatrick Comito of Conric for her beautiful writing. Lawyer celebrates fulfillment of father’s legacy with landmark Supreme Court decision William deForest Thompson Jr. helped lay groundwork in healthcare consumer victory FORT MYERS, Fla. (Feb. xx, 2017) – Two years after the death of his father, Fort Myers attorney William deForest Thompson, Jr. is […]
Quality Fraud: Over forty convictions in Biodiagnostics cases
