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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:24 PM Original message |
Hospital condemned for "horrific" care |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:28 PM Response to Original message |
1. More fodder for Sean Hannity and the rest of the RW |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. This particular place sounds like something out of a Stephen King novel... |
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Gman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:35 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. all the more why Hannity et al will repeat this story ad nauseum |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #9 |
13. Didn't he just die in Canada? nt |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:22 PM Response to Reply #5 |
19. Sounds like the care received by my nearly lifelong |
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conservdem (880 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:33 PM Response to Reply #1 |
23. What is a good reply to such an assertion from the right? |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:29 PM Response to Original message |
2. we have that here now, even without healthcare reform! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. I wonder if the patients are able to sue the hospital in this case. nt |
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clu (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:30 PM Response to Reply #2 |
4. was it a hospital or a nursing home? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:42 PM Response to Reply #4 |
12. In New Orleans too. nt |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
6. Our sick people have to die at home or in the street |
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Historic NY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
7. How about the nursing home horrors here in the US ?... |
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Christa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:33 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Thank you! |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:41 PM Response to Reply #8 |
11. The difference is that you have no recourse in these situations. nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #11 |
15. You don't have it in all of the US either |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:54 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. Tort reform has passed? |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:10 PM Response to Reply #16 |
17. In Texas it has. It was GWB's gift |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:16 PM Response to Reply #17 |
18. I see plenty of lawsuits in TX. I'm in Dallas which is pretty blue though. nt |
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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 04:55 PM Response to Reply #18 |
30. Wealthy people can sue. |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 06:54 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. No, he doesn't. He's one of those dips who |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Walk into any lawyer's office with a decent case against a large corporation and you can sue... |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:07 PM Response to Reply #32 |
33. Ummm........no, that isn't true at all. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:30 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. If the payout is worth it, they'll do it... |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:29 PM Response to Reply #34 |
37. Really? A solo real estate or probate attorney |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 04:52 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. I think you mean ambulance chasers, and like John Edwards.... |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:15 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Just because he's a disgusting phony trash in his personal life |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:50 AM Response to Reply #43 |
45. All of John's cases were egregious negligence? Really? |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:36 PM Response to Reply #16 |
24. Let me tell you something about that |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #24 |
26. This is an issue that I know very well since I actually know the family who filed the suit... |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:45 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Yeah, right, like I actually believe that. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. Believe whatever you like. |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:52 PM Response to Reply #29 |
36. Oh man. All RW talking points all the time. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 04:50 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. Most people are uncomfortable with the truth and you have.... |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 07:10 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Republican talking points--Let's see --Trial lawyers-check |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 09:10 PM Response to Reply #41 |
42. I was defending trial lawyers a bit genius.... |
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liberalhistorian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:28 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. They have recourse as well. |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:29 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Very interesting... |
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Manifestor_of_Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:15 AM Response to Reply #21 |
47. you don't know about "foreseeability", do you?? |
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WriteDown (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:40 PM Response to Reply #47 |
49. And it was impossible to foresee that a woman would hold hot coffee with her thighs. |
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conservdem (880 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #8 |
25. I have very little about horrific care by the NHS. Have you heard |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:41 PM Response to Original message |
10. I'll take "horrific" over "nonexistent" any day... |
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NC_Nurse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 02:43 PM Response to Original message |
14. Newsflash: It happens here too. |
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walldude (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
22. Ok say it with me... WALTER REED HOSPITAL. |
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clu (228 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Feb-26-10 03:52 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. the only real criticism IMO for canadian or UK healthcare |
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Kingofalldems (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
35. Thanks for posting. |
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BooScout (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
38. It's pretty sick.... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Feb-27-10 11:22 PM Response to Original message |
44. Before everyone gets all wound up... |
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upi402 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 04:00 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. "It's cold here, so where's the global warming Obama?" |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:50 PM Response to Reply #44 |
50. And what that illustrates is that the RW abolishing OVERSIGHT on ANY business |
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LeftishBrit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 05:48 AM Response to Original message |
48. As a Brit, I would like to point out... |
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johnaries (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-28-10 03:53 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. Thank you for the clarification and the perspective. |
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