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In article <8patches-2004952358160001@cft10.ppp250.cftnet.com>,
Matt Perez <8patches@cftnet.com> wrote:
>Being a Tampa resident and a frequent news reader (and former newspaper
>reporter and editor) I was really glad to get out of town to visit my old
>homestead here in north-central Alabama. I was sick and tired of the herd
>journalism and shark frenzy concerning UCH.
>
>Did anyone make news about GHAA's Childhood Immunization program and
>managed care groups implementing this program in the Bay area? Hell no.
>This bad news was too good to pass up. Front page, every day. Made me turn
>to the OJ stories.
>
>This is symptomatic of the worst in journalism. I don't think it serves

   Individual horror stories are always fun to read, but do
little to tell you about the total quality of medical care
received.

   I usually don't comment on such stories, but I do wonder
if screwups don't really serve to reinforce how much we
do need the legal system to stay involved in medicine.
What in fact will happen to the man who lost the wrong
foot?   We have no system of human disability insurance;
just social security, which might give a no-name victim
$900 a month.  For that, you would have to live in
public housing, below the poverty line.  Unless someone
gets their name in the paper, that is what they face in
this country, plus the bill for the error.  By getting
his name in the paper, he at least does not have to
worry about his financial future.  Is that all bad?
   The no-name victim would not be so lucky.