30 cardiac stents inserted in patients in one day, followed by a pig roast paid for by Abbott Labs, the manufacturer. All paid for by Medicare - the necessary and the unnecessary.
It is the patients and the public that are getting roasted. The problem says Steven Nissen, director of Cardiology at Cleveland Clinic, is widespread.
Dr. Mark Midei Faces Suits Over Cardiac Stents - NYTimes.comAnother "failure of the tort system" - if we think it is a regulatory system, which it is not. As to compensation: that's a problem because he is doubtless insolvent, so how will the patients and Medicare - be compensated for their losses?
It's a regulatory failure - not a tort system failure. Who should have oversight duty? The hospital? Medicare itself? State health departments?
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