Medical/healthcare lawsuits?

[hardin]

what kind of medical lawsuits do you find interesting?

i have to do a paper on a medical case of some kind, but i dont really know where to start! because i find law boring, i want to work on a case thats interesting!

are there any cases you know of or topics you could suggest that you are interested in? it could be malpractice cases, personal lawsuites against health care industries, ect.

for example i have a classmate that is doing her paper on a case about the misdiagnosis of ADHD in children.

thanks for any suggestions!

[melville]

A man's insurance company refuses to let him go to a nationally acclaimed hospital (Mayo Clinic) to obtain a diagnosis because the hospital is not in the insurance company's "network". After months of trying, the man finally gets permission to go to Mayo Clinic but all MRIs, blood tests, x-rays and any test has to be done at the man's local hospital. Interestingly enough, the man's home hospital can't do all of the tests so they send them to Mayo Clinic to be performed and then have the results sent to the home hospital. Of course, with so much going on and their hands tied at Mayo Clinic, a diagnosis isn't reached. Six months later, the man tries the same thing again with the same results. Finally, after 11 months, the man gets permission from his insurance company to go to Mayo Clinic and get tests run as long as they call the insurance company every time they want to run a test and get it approved. After living in a hotel in Rochester, MN , for 2 weeks the man finally is so sick that his wife has to call 911 to get him taken to the hospital. Finally, since it is an emergency, Mayo Clinic can take the needed tests and perhaps find out what is causing the problem since no other "approved" hospital could. So, on September 11, 2001, the man is told a diagnosis and that he will die because it is too late. On Thanksgiving Day of that year, he dies due to lack of caring and greed from the insurance company. Is this legal? It happens every day and maybe if people fought this greed, maybe something would happen.


another idea:

Health companies exclude mental health coverage because it cuts into their profits. People can't afford to get help so WHO is responsible when someone goes overboard and kills people? Why don't people hold the insurance companies more responsible? If more people were ABLE to get mental health care, they would. The insurance companies know that and that is why mental health care is very limited or denied. Mental health parity laws in most states are a joke. (another possible topic)

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