[vette6387]

“In a statement, Kaiser Permanente spokesperson Sandra Hernandez-Millett said, “Our deepest sympathies go out to the Zelig family for the passing of their daughter Daniela. Especially following a tragedy like this, we review our care to ensure that we are taking all appropriate steps to provide high quality care. We reinforce our commitment to our patients’ health, to delivering quality care, and to continuous quality improvement.””

This is Kaiser! When you go to the Medicare, web page, I lists Kaiser as the “best” of all the Medicare insurance options (nothing else garners five stars). That tells you all you need to know about Kaiser. Kaiser is as close to the British Healthcare System as you can get in this country (for now).

[Rusty0604]

Under the new ACA, will people even be able to sue if the healthcare provider is just following government regulations and procedures?

[Myrddin]

I had pneumonia following Thanksgiving in 1991. I went to Kaiser for a check. I was sent to radiology for a chest x-ray to confirm the pneumonia. No call back until December 23 when the clinic said, "the x-ray shows you have pneumonia". No shit? I knew that. Why did it take 25 days to call back so I could get some treatment? I went in for the follow up, picked up my prescription for antibiotics and recovered in about a week.

[Revolting cat!]

There is always more to a story than the suing ambulance chaser’s version.

Crocodile tears for the victims, and support for the cynical, greedy ambulance chasers, that’s the ticket.

[DemforBush]

It’s stuff like MICRA (which was signed into law by Jerry Brown, btw) that make me of two minds when it comes to medical tort reform.

I have no problem with reducing the incentive for frivolous and excessive lawsuits as a means to ease malpractice insurance costs. But I also know there are genuine cases of gross malpractice - surgeons who amputate the wrong leg, etc. I’m not so sure these bad docs and hospitals ought to be able to hide behind some cap to limit their liability.

At any rate, RIP to this young girl, and prayers up for the family.

[Sarah Barracuda]

I have Kaiser and trust me, if you have something seriously wrong with you you don’t want to go to Kaiser to get treated..they are good for the basic stuff, and there are some really good doctors there(Had my Colonoscopy there with a superb doc) but NEVER EVER go to Urgent Care, you mind as well find a hobo on the street to treat you

[informavoracious]

Aren't we always railing about tort reform? What happened to the girl is tragic. But how much compensation would be enough? $25,000 would have been an insult. But not 10x that. I think there is a clause with membership in Kaiser that you agree to binding arbitration rather than suing.

I have had them for 30 years. A Kaiser surgeon, who teaches at Stanford, performed an extremely risky operation on my husband who is now fit as a fiddle. We both had Kaiser and a $300,000 surgery and a week in intensive care, plus two weeks in rehab, plus three months of infusions cost us NOTHING. No deductible, no co-pay, nothing other than our reasonable premium with employer coverage.

My only complaint is that I had to wait two months for back surgery because, while the doctor was available, an operating room was not. I finally complained to member services and was operated on the next day. I know people have Kaiser horror stories, but my experience has been good.

[ontap]

Loosing a child is heartbreaking, how much money does it take to make one feel better. The most I see here is a missed diagnosis. Every time a mistake is made we aren't entitled to a lot of money.

[DoodleDawg]

Caps on malpractice payouts is one of the GOP’s proposals for reducing the cost of health care. The child’s death is a tragedy but a multi-million dollar malpractice payout is not going to bring her back.

[nothingnew]

...the Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act, which limits the payout in a malpractice suit if a non-wage earning family member is killed.

Interesting.

FMCDH(BITS)