March 29, 2017
More news in the wake of the failure to repeal the ACA. More access to healthcare? New Medicaid Expansions http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/death-of-obamacare-repeal-could-spur-new-medicaid-expansions_us_58d99531e4b018c4606ab8b7
ACA Survives As Florida Legislature Debates Abolishing PIP
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” […]
March 28, 2017
Medicaid expansion in the wake of Congress’ failure to repeal and replace ACA? Republican Governors for Medicaid Expansion
March 21, 2017
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/
Signorelli v. Firemans Fund
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, […]
March 16, 2017
Travel day across the Alley yesterday. New proposal for supervised injection centers to save lives today. Another Senseless Death – New England Journal of Medicine
March 14, 2017
Twenty four million Americans will lose insurance within the next two years and premiums will explode if the ACA is repealed and replaced as planned.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
March 13, 2017
Massive Fraud in our Nursing Homes from False Claims. Justice Department Nails Nursing Homes for False Claims
Owens v. Nationwide
The Charles decision from the Supreme Court is not our only important victory in appellate court for consumers. We have successfully pursued appeals in many and varied matters. You can find many of them on our website. In 2004, Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal ruled in our client’s favor in Owens v. Nationwide. You […]
“Watch Me.” The Torch Passes – A Press Release.
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 […]