Last Spring the Supreme Court ruled in Riegel v. Medtronic, 552. U.S. 2 (2008) that a medical device manufacturer cannot be sued under state law by patients who claim to have been harmed by the device that received marketing approval from the FDA. In response The Medical Device Safety Act of 2009 was introduced in […]
Congress has studies which indicate there is no need to change or interfere with the tort system in medical malpractice cases. Those studies have been published and can be found in the Congressional Budget Office (“CBO”) paper entitled Key Issues in Analyzing Major Health Insurance Proposals. This study produced during Bush’s administration does not support […]
Well, Republicans stood up and clapped for President Obama last Wednesday night when he said he was going to have his Secretary of Health and Human Services to move forward on Bush administration initiative of demonstration projects studying whether in doctors practicing defensive medicine are contributing to unnecessary medical costs, how to put patient safety […]
We are getting ready to celebrate our nation’s birthday. we often do it with fireworks- dangerous fireworks. Last year there were some 9,800 injuries from fireworks. The American Pyrotechnics Association reports that injuries from the use of fireworks have decreased from 38.3 injuries per 100,000 pounds of fireworks in 1976 to 3.7 injuries in 2008. […]
