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    • I think "never event" was chosen because it will not be reimbursed (negative compensation). But, with the law of unintended consequences, I suspect it will be used to seek tort compensation.

      10 months ago by symtym

      in » Never Events the New Class Actions? symtym

    • The "Never Event" is unfortunately named. In Australia a list of similar events are called Critical Indicators. I accept that they are preventable, but it is hard to say never in medicine...

      10 months ago by DrCris

      in » Never Events the New Class Actions? symtym

    • I wonder about the full disclosure issues. While I believe in them, I think that we are unnecessarily limiting the scope of disclosure practices to physicians. I believe that lawyers, politicians,...

      1 year ago by raja, MD, MS

      in Your Business

    • We don't already have a two-tiered medical system? One for the well-off, and one for everyone else?

      1 year ago by Chuck McKay

      in Concierge Medicine

    • This is important information, especially for an elderly person on the Medicare part d plan. They don't need any more nasty surprises like being declined for care

      1 year ago by Darwin Corby

      in MRSA: Medicare’s Superbug

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Ted’s Got iTubes

Started by symtym · 11 months ago

From 27B Stoke 6, Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) explains why he voted against Net Neutrality (MP3):
They want to deliver vast amounts of information over the internet. And again, the internet is not something you just dump something on. It’s not a truck.

It’s a series of tubes.

And if you don’t understand those tubes ... Continue reading »

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