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In reply to the discussion: "I have to get my hip replaced now, because ObamaCare is cutting that off for old folks" [View all]Dustlawyer
(10,495 posts)which is considered one of the best in the world, the doctors here were probably last in their class. When Gov. Good Hair Perry signed the medical malpractice tort reform, he went all over the state doing ceremonial signings. He came to Beaumont to sign because we had the highest number of medical malpractice verdicts in the state. I protested with many union members that our firm represents. I saw the doc who amputated the wrong leg of a patient because he was found to be drunk during the surgery walk past to go into the ceremony, as well as several other terrible docs. We have one Orthopedic group and they are very large. They only play Fox News on all of their many TV's. If they find out that their patient has a law suit, or has filed a comp claim, they drop them. I hope it is just my area doing this, but it was definetely a planned, concerted effort. I told them to stop with the lies about Obamacare. It felt good to call them out, but I doubt it did any good.