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(Message started by: eyes_afire on Apr 29^th, 2003, 9:03pm)

Title: PA doctors protest / My Rant
Post by eyes_afire on Apr 29^th, 2003, 9:03pm

This week’s topics -- Pennsylvania doctors protest malpractice insurance crisis...

Hundreds of Pennsylvania doctors will shutdown their practices April 30-May 6 to protest increasing medical malpractice insurance premiums. Physicians say they will continue to make rounds at hospitals and will provide emergency care, but have still cancelled office appointments. Reportedly, most of the protestors will be surgeons and specialists while most family practices will remain open. Surgeries have been cancelled and emergency rooms expect to see more patients.

Doctors say the shutdown is an attempt to convince lawmakers and the public that medical care is in jeopardy from skyrocketing premiums and lawsuits. They want a $250,000 cap on non-economic damages in malpractice cases and also a limit on the amount of malpractice awards that a patient’s attorney may receive.

http://www.witf.org/temps/TV/smarttalk.shtml

Neurosurgeons In Reading

Dr. Craig Johnson is a neurosurgeon in Reading, but he won't be for much longer if he doesn't get malpractice insurance by Jan. 1.

"If we don't get malpractice insurance, we can not take care of our patients, or go to the hospital, or talk to them on the phone, or treat our patients," Johnson said.

The insurance company that carries Johnson and his partners at Neurosurgical Associates is not renewing the doctors' malpractice insurance policy next year.

http://www.thewgalchannel.com/News/1140162/detail.html

But what is our representative in Congress doing?...

Not So Quiet on the Pennsylvania Front
Local projects infiltrate War Supplement

The more than 45,600 members of the Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) in Pennsylvania today chastised the Senate for impeding the passage of the War Supplemental Appropriations bill by loading its version with pork-barrel projects unrelated to the war. The bill was eventually passed and signed into law after members of the House fought to reduce the amount of unrelated projects from $675 million to $355 million. In particular, CCAGW strongly criticized the actions of Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) throughout the debate and after the bill was approved.

"The actions and comments by Sen. Specter were a disgrace to the war effort and the people of Pennsylvania," CCAGW President Tom Schatz said. "To insert provisions for personal gain into a bill that was supposed to solely fund the War with Iraq and protect homeland security, and then claim that it is related to that cause goes to show how some members of Congress have no shame when feasting on pork."

One amendment sponsored by Sen. Specter removes wording that limits the number of mailings senators can send to their constituents in counties of less than 250,000 people. Specter defended his actions by stating, "This is directly related to the war effort. Meeting with the people of Pennsylvania is an important part of our jobs, including informing them of the war effort. It's really laughable to suggest that this is anything but a minuscule change."

"What is laughable is to suggest that the people of Pennsylvania need town meetings to be updated on the war," Schatz continued. "When every cable news station is covering the war 24/7, not to mention the availability of the Internet and newspapers, the average citizen does not need town meetings to receive war updates. This is not 1776, when news took days to travel. This is an obvious effort by the Senator to use his incumbency to his advantage when seeking reelection."

http://www.cagw.org/site/PageServer?pagename=news_NewsRelease_04182003b

Damn fuckin politicians.... ::) >:( >:( >:(

Title: Re: PA doctors protest / My Rant
Post by Hound_Dogg on Apr 30^th, 2003, 5:57am

I'm all for the Doctors on this one. Something needs to be done & quick.

C'mon Harrisburg, what's up?

Title: Re: PA doctors protest / My Rant
Post by BobG on Apr 30^th, 2003, 12:54pm

The state of Nevada just went through the doctor/insurance company battle.

The public lost.

Dozens of pediatricians, OB-GYN’s, and surgeons either quit practicing or moved to other states.

Title: Re: PA doctors protest / My Rant
Post by Drk^Angel on Apr 30^th, 2003, 1:09pm

Bob... Hell... That's already happened in PA. The remaining doctors are trying to keep from having to do the same thing. My wife has to find a new OB/GYN for this pregnancy, because the ones she went to for the first two demon spawn stopped delivering babies when their insurance company tried to raise their malpractice insurance 300%, even though they are the only docs in the area to never have a lawsuit against them, and they used to deliver about 40% of the babies in this county. Hopefully the lawmakers in this state will get their heads out of their overpaid asses soon.

PFDAN...................................... Drk^Angel

Title: Re: PA doctors protest / My Rant
Post by Mark C on Apr 30^th, 2003, 6:48pm

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