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What You Need to Know About the Medical System’s Emergency Treatment Law

December 3, 2013

People without access to proper medical care is still a real problem. Even with insurance, high co-pays drive gravely ill people away from getting help. Although it's posted in every ER, many people don't know that everyone in America has the right to emergency healthcare.

Black Friday Injuries

November 29, 2013

Black Friday is the biggest shopping day of the year, and retailers are always looking for ways to make it bigger, offering new and better deals to entice more shoppers to come to their stores, often encouraging them to literally fight over a limited supply of merchandise offered at rock-bottom prices. Unfortunately, this shopping frenzy can put people at risk, and when shoppers are hurt in slip-and-fall accidents or other dangerous situations, retailers can and should be asked to pay for the consequences of their negligence.

The Truth About Hospital “Patient Dumping”

November 28, 2013

While laws have been passed and heavy fines have been levied in the past decade that have somewhat cut down on the problem, there are still patients who find themselves being ushered out of hospitals and into the unknown.

The Difference Between Being Classified as an Observation Patient or Inpatient

November 20, 2013

Patients receiving treatment from health care professionals at a hospital are generally classified under one of two categories, inpatient or observation patient. While the level of care an individual will receive is often the same, inpatient and observation patients are treated very differently when the time comes to pay the bill.

Actual Examples of Hospitals Leaving Objects in Patients

November 11, 2013

Objects left behind in a patient after surgery, or “retained surgical items” as they are called in the medical industry, should not be an issue with the high standards and advanced technology available today. However, thousands of patients have objects left behind in their bodies every year.

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