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  • From: "Toni Hawryluk" <tonihawr AT msn.com>
  • To: "Homestead mailing list" <homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [Homestead] high medical costs .... and why
  • Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 06:41:42 -0800

http://www.msnbc.com/comics/nw.asp?vts=112420040528<http://www.msnbc.com/comics/nw.asp?vts=112420040528>



In August, cardiologist Dr. Lawrence Poliner won $366 million in damages from
a federal court jury in Dallas because his practice was virtually shut down
through word of mouth for seven months in 1998, a verdict that (after
subtracting 25 percent in attorney fees) would reward him with earnings
during the shutdown of $39 million per month. The shutdown came after a
hospital peer review panel had found errors in 29 of 44 patient-cases of
Poliner (but he was reinstated after prominent cardiologists supported him,
though the panel did not retract its initial finding). [Dallas Morning News,
8-28-04; American Medical News, 10-4-04]



Australian sleep-disorder expert Dr. Peter Buchanan caused a stir in October
when he told reporters that the odd behavior of "sleep sex" (leaving home at
night in a deep sleep and seeking random sex with strangers) would soon be
regarded as an official sleep disorder and be included in the next version of
the sleep disorder manual. Said Buchanan, anticipating skepticism:
"Incredulity is the first staging post for anyone involved in this (study)."
[Fairfax New Zealand Ltd. newspaper group, 10-14-04]



  • [Homestead] high medical costs .... and why, Toni Hawryluk, 11/24/2004

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