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Lawsuit against the hospital thats what the lady needs to do. Would be a nice college fund for her kid.

> Lawsuit against the hospital thats what the lady needs to do.

On what grounds? She failed a drug test and the hospital are mandatory reporters, I'd see the case instantly thrown out, and we only got her own side of the story.

I'm not a lawyer (obviously), but from her side of the story seems like they knew she wasn't a meth user, yet she was treated with disdain anyway. Medical professionals can't treat you like a piece of garbage, I'm sure a good lawyer will know how to spin it.

> from her side of the story seems like they knew she wasn't a meth user

I've no idea where you read that from. Her only accounts are that the nurses changing shifts warn their followers she's tested positive, that they repeatedly warned her about the breastfeeding risks and that the social worker doesn't believe she's a user, that's about it.

> I'm sure a good lawyer will know how to spin it.

And I'm sure even a bad lawyer would know how to dismantle that.

Every medical professional worth their salt knows that tests are not binary - there is a possibility of false positives. They sent her for another test where results would come in two to three weeks, but that doesn't excuse them treating her unprofessionally. I recall there was a case where the guy was getting a colonoscopy or something along those lines and the doctors and nurses were making derogatory comments about him while performing the procedure (he wasn't completely under), he managed to sue and win some money.

Nowhere did even this article, with its inherent bias (not a bad thing, a natural thing), even make a comparable claim.

The nurses at shift change noted that she had failed two urinalyses. That is a statement of fact, not a derogatory assassination of character.

And continue to drive up unaffordable medical costs?

Yes. The solution for high medical costs isn't less lawsuits, it's UHC.

United Health Care is pretty bad. They are always finding some excuse to not pay. I suggest Blue Cross Blue Shield, at least the PPO.

I'm not GP, but UHC = universal health care, presumably single payer health care

See for yourself: http://www.uhc.com/

OK, it's UnitedHealthcare® if you want silly capitalization.

Thats the idea. Bankrupt the shitty institutions that are careless or make too many mistakes and let the good ones grow. Kind of like performance reviews we get in the industry (not to say they aren't flawed but still)

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