Medicare’s Repeal and Other Consumer Penalties

Instead of learning the obvious lessons from the HMO/PPO example (http://thethompsonlawfirm.net/access-to-healthcare/), industry leaders and their lobbyists in the nineties prevailed on the Florida legislature for a different solution – one that took more skin out of the hide of consumers. Industry leaders used an organized public relations campaign to pass “tort reform” and laws limiting […]

What is a Jury Trial (No. 4)?

When George Mastin rolled into town with his “Unparalleled Exhibition of Oil Paintings”, it was a sensational event by late 19th Century standards – enough to bring out the whole community. Broadsides on barn doors and tavern walls announced the happening, including historical and religious lectures. The Erin Twin Brothers would be there to clog dance. […]

DATA BREACH: A Patient Rights Primer

Published in the June Res Gestae. Bill Thompson, Jr. April 26, 2016 On November 13, 2015, the FBI notified 21st Oncology that over two million patients’ confidential records and data in 21st Century’s possession and control had been collected and sold by criminals using the Internet. 21st Century’s patients were not notified for three months or […]