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Just how are we supposed to set an example of lawful gun ownership in America with propaganda like this?
Glad the patient turned out ok. As you said there is no oversight and the hospitals are not really keen on self reporting in a transparent way. As such it is hard from mistakes and prevent them from happening again. I just get ticked off when politicians and healthcare providers view "gun violence" as health crisis. Violence certainly is part of a education and poverty crisis, but nobody wants to really address these underlying issues. Way to much work with a lot of "inconvenient" truths on the way.Im part of the medical community!
Let me give you an example of an error I had recently and why some are so hard to fix
I had a patient who had a bladder infection. The bacteria was resistant to all the antibiotics except one. I prescribed that antibiotic but CareOregon (her medicaid provider) denied coverage for the medication. We began our usual argument with the insurance company and they refused to pay for it until I had tried another. Since that would be malpractice to prescribe a medication I knew would not work, they refused to pay for it. In the 2 days of arguing with them (the patient not being able to afford the medication), she progressed to a kidney infection and got septic and ended up in the ICU and nearly died. (all of us paid for that hospitalization with our taxes)
That is all considered a medical error and if she died it would count as a preventable death.
How do I fix that error? Well I talked to the medical director at the insurance and he refused to change their policy. Im trying to go above his head at this point but they dont report to anyone. NO ONE oversee's them.
I'd have to have congress pass a law to make them cover that medication. Literally, I need congress to fix this one error.
...and by posting only the link and not the text of an article, you become part of the problem, helping to drive traffic to those sites and thus increasing the likelihood that those kinds of stories will be put out there again.
Clicks means eyeballs. Eyeballs means money.
I know a lot of people who have overeating issues with unlimited access to junk and fast food.
Dr Mushroom sounds like a bubbleguming quack looking for funding. Were those street interviews done in Medford or Ashland?