I mean after all the cases that are filed are ALWAYS about gaming the system, right? Who actually is gaming the system, honey?
You know I am such a skeptic of the entire Bush administration for eight long and hideous years, how is the fund raising going for Haiti as opposed to the "W" Library? The "Clean Hands Club." Oh, my, did I take that too far? Oh.
So let me see if I get this right.
As long as Wall Street was raking in the profits from faulty medical devices Medicare could repeatedly replace artificial joints.
"Keep moving."
But, NOW, that the wealthy have to pay taxes toward health care for the nation, there has to be RESPONSIBILITY by Wall Street.
Well.
I'll be darn.
William R. Morris had his three-year-old artificial hip replaced in January because it was failing. It was his third hip replacement since 2006.
And of course, the 'disability' time and lack of income and repeated deductibles and frequent office visits and potential to infection and nosocomial infections and DEATHS from infection that occurred due to repeated exposure to FAILURE and REPLACEMENT.
It is such a joy to be "Born in the USA."
...The million or so artificial hips and knees implanted each year in the United States, they say, are normally not guaranteed. Instead, the costs of replacing implants that fail early because of design or mechanical problems — devices that sell for as much as $15,000 each — are largely paid by Medicare, insurance companies and patients.
Implants can fail for many reasons, but if only a small percentage of them fail prematurely because they are substandard, the costs to taxpayers, policyholders and patients can run into the tens of millions of dollars each year, health care experts estimate.
Orthopedic producers may sometimes even profit from the failures because they sell the replacements at full price...
IT IS LARGER THAN JUST THE FAILURE OF THE DEVICES !!!!!!!!!!!!!The words 'guinea pig' comes to mind.
