Monday, July 10, 2017
Drink...
When it comes to Syria, Iraq , Afghanistan, North Korea, or Russia, the media has strong opinions. Quickly found politicians with the similar thrusts for war. They keep pushing for it, chase the politicians for what we are going to do....
When it comes to Healthcare, the Media just have a relaxed attitude.
Sunday, July 9, 2017
Brake-Check...
Slamming your brakes when being tailgated can lead to criminal charges, civil lawsuits, and an empty hole in your wallet when it comes to personal injury cases.
One car is tailgating another and the front car slams on his brakes to back the second car off. What you may not know is that this tailgate stopping action can lead to both civil and criminal assault charges and can block the front driver from any injury recovery if it actually leads to an accident.
This is the important distinction. Slamming the brakes is intended to cause fear, fear of a potential accident and possible injury.
The Crime of Assault, in many states, includes any action that is intended to cause fear of immediate harm in the mind of another person. In Maryland, there is even a specific Criminal Jury Instruction under the category of Assault called “Intent to Frighten.” To be found guilty of 2nd Degree Assault in this context. Who Knew...
Ethics...*
The state of Washington can require a pharmacy to deliver medicine even if the pharmacy’s owner has a religious objection, a federal appeals court ruled.
The ruling, from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco, came in a case filed by pharmacists who objected to delivering emergency contraceptives.
In Washington, the state permits a religiously objecting individual pharmacist to deny medicine, as long as another pharmacist working at the location provides timely delivery. The rules require a pharmacy to deliver all medicine, even if the owner objects.
A unanimous three-judge 9th Circuit panel decided that the rules are constitutional because they rationally further the state’s interest in patient safety. Speed is particularly important considering the time-sensitive nature of emergency contraception, the court said.
“The time taken to travel to another pharmacy, especially in rural areas where pharmacies are sparse, may reduce the efficacy of those drugs,” wrote Judge Susan Graber.
If you don't like it... you are better than others.. you know how to judge... choose another job... Avoid dealing with humans. Just a thought.
Judge...
A municipal judge appointed to her position without being a U.S. citizen surmounted that hurdle and is ready to get back to work.
The Corpus Christi City Council placed Judge Young Min Burkett on unpaid leave in mid-May after city officials discovered that she was a permanent legal resident.
U.S. citizenship is a requirement to be a municipal court judge, according to the city’s ordinance. But the application for judgeship asked only whether a prospect was eligible for legal employment in Texas.
Burkett had 90 days to obtain citizenship. She did it in 51, thanks to an expedited review from the U.S. Customs and Immigration Services office in San Antonio.
She applied for citizenship immediately after being placed on leave. This is something...
Betrayal...*
A Michigan doctor told many patients they had cancer when they didn't, then billed insurers for millions of dollars. He then bombarded them with unnecessary treatments, now will have to face his victims who lost their health, savings and trust at an emotional sentencing hearing.
Farid Fata, who lived in a sprawling mansion in ritzy Oakland Township and ran seven upscale clinics across eastern Michigan, declined to comment through his attorneys.
The hearing in federal court in Detroit, starts with a parade of victims set to testify against Fata, who turned a small one-doctor office into a lucrative medical empire in less than a decade.
A doctor who worked for Fata and gave information about him to the feds said justice for the victims will come not only in the form of a long prison sentence but through change to prevent a repeat of "this type of horrific torture and fraud." Just a thought.
RoadRage...
William Rian Adams, 35, was arrested in connection with a road rage incident on Florida's Turnpike near Palm City after pulling out a gun, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.
Adams, a priest at Calvary Episcopal Church in Fletcher, N.C. was driving a red Chevrolet Corvette when he "attempted to brake-check" another vehicle that was closely following his Corvette.
"As the victim attempted to pass the Corvette, the driver [Adams] pointed a semi-automatic hand gun at them," read the report.
The occupants of the pick-up truck were a man, 24, and a woman, 54, from St. Cloud, Florida.
The gun, a Glock 22, was submitted as evidence.
After the victim and Adams were interviewed by FHP officers, Adams was arrested and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
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