It is very sad how you may invest such a large portion of your hard earned income for insurance coverage, and when you need it, you get dropped. It must have been very scary for a California hairdresser to be diagnosed with cancer. As if that wasn’t bad enough, imagine starting cancer treatment, then having your health insurance policy canceled. According to a recent story on ABC news, (http://abcnews.go.com/WN/story?id=3846673&page=1) the insurance carrier “set goals for its employees to cancel policies, and the carrier paid more than $20,000 in bonuses to its senior cancellation specialist. “ The article further indicates court documents show that over six years the carrier canceled 1,600 policies, avoiding at least $35.5 million in medical expenses. It is terrifying to think that insurance companies would drop people when they need the coverage the most, and worse yet, give major bonuses to employees for canceling policies, especially at a time when treatment is critical…
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March 31, 2008Boy Disabled from Birth Trauma Wins $19 Million in Medical Malpractice Suit
March 29, 2008A New Jersey jury awarded a disabled boy $19 million on March 17th. The money will pay for the life-long medical care needed due to the boy’s injuries. The jury found that the obstetrician misdiagnosed the boy’s mother. At 30 weeks in her pregnancy, she called the doctor and complained of abdominal pain. The doctor did not determine that she was hemorrhaging, did not give the woman the proper tests, did not recognize that the baby was in distress or heed the warnings of his nursing staff who identified the woman’s problem. Son of Flubber move The Mechanik psp Mr. Jones on dvd buy The Black Gestapo The boy was born during a c-section. He had to be resuscitated and then spent the first four months of his life in intensive care. He is now permanently disabled. He is legally blind, suffers from severe brain damage and he has cerebral…
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New Cooling Blankets May Help Minimize Brain Damage Caused by Birth Trauma
March 26, 2008A new cooling therapy to help newborns with brain damage is being used at Children’s Hospital in New England. The hospital began using the treatment in July 2007 and has used it on seven newborns so far. The therapy involves using an inexpensive hypothermia treatment. Doctors claim that the cooling treatment may help to minimize or completely prevent brain damage in newborns that were deprived of oxygen due to birth trauma. Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life movie download Ali Baba Goes to Town rip The cooling treatment involves wrapping the infants in a cooling blanket within six hours of their injury. This drops their temperature to 92.3 degrees Fahrenheit. They are kept at the cooler temperature for 72 hours. download Idiocracy dvd Disaster Movie ipod The medical director of the Children’s Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Dr. Anne Hansen, claims that the treatment has been very successful….
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