Healthcare Update — 12-31-2012

A brief interview with an emergency physician who is also a health care attorney … defense only. On the right track about the Affordable Care Act, though – it’s all about access, not insurance. How often have you heard this claim before: Alcohol saved my life! For a man from the UK, the claim was apparently true. The CDC is warning that this year’s flu season is early and could be “severe.” We already got that picture. Vaccinations probably will help, so get them while you can. Washing your hands and avoiding sick people will definitely help. Antibiotics won’t help, so stop asking for a ZeePack for your cough. It’s like using Raid on dandelions. If you want more information on influenza or want to see the surveillance map, the CDC influenza web site is a good resource. Check it out. Fear Factor Tunisian style: Man ate 28 raw eggs on a dare … then dropped dead. Emergency physician sued for failing to report a child who ingested cologne to the Child Protective Services. New Jersey laws require anyone who believes a child is being abused or neglected to contact Child Protective Services and ingestion of any potential poison creates a question as to whether there was abuse … according to the esteemed appellate court justices. After all, failing to explain who was supervising the child at every second of every day and failing to explain how a 2-year-old child was able to access and consume cologne obviously could mean that in reality there is wanton and rec...
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