This lady did the right thing by following up herself. The system is not perfect, especially in rural areas. Early detection is the key to not having major treatment and a good chance at living longer. Unfortunately if you wait until you feel something, it’s going to be a tough fight. Ignoring it is foolish. Not having routine checks is asking for it.
agreed, but even though she went for a second opinion. you never know how much a cancer can grow or for that matter come back. what if, they had done everything, cleaned it all up and then the cancer came back? who do you sue then or do you sue at all? somethings in life will always shorten our lifespan. do we really know how much she has and how much she lost? we don’t know that nor does a doctor. when you ask a doctor how much time do i have left, how many times does that individual survive longer. first of all, if she has health insurance, it covered some of the costs to begin with. i just think she does not want to pay out anything.
Doctors are in a no win situation. Say it is benign, do nothing, later it turns into cancer and the patient sues. Or, the doctor takes precautionary measures, removes tissue, patient doesn’t like how they now look, sue the doctor.
Freddy, I think that may be a bit narrow minded. I don’t know about anyone else, but I can tell you that the women I know would rather have the lump taken care of (no matter what they look like afterwards) than to worry about cancer later.
Are you people nuts? This woman had a misdiagnosis, but that was not what the case was about, it was about determining when she knew she had cancer and wheather she exceeded the statute of limits in bringing a suit. Insurance should be about fairness and not trying to avoid claims by not applying common sense. Using the insurance company logic I should start a malpractice suit every time I see a Dr. that is not made better right away. That is the logic of claiming the trigger date the way they did.
I agree. It’s hard to say that the doctor’s knew and didn’t diagnose her. Maybe they honestly didn’t see anything with the test they ran. That’s why it’s called practicing medicine.
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She may lose her life because they didn’t want to take a closer look. That’s why I have mixed feelings about going to the doctor.
This lady did the right thing by following up herself. The system is not perfect, especially in rural areas. Early detection is the key to not having major treatment and a good chance at living longer. Unfortunately if you wait until you feel something, it’s going to be a tough fight. Ignoring it is foolish. Not having routine checks is asking for it.
agreed, but even though she went for a second opinion. you never know how much a cancer can grow or for that matter come back. what if, they had done everything, cleaned it all up and then the cancer came back? who do you sue then or do you sue at all? somethings in life will always shorten our lifespan. do we really know how much she has and how much she lost? we don’t know that nor does a doctor. when you ask a doctor how much time do i have left, how many times does that individual survive longer. first of all, if she has health insurance, it covered some of the costs to begin with. i just think she does not want to pay out anything.
Doctors are in a no win situation. Say it is benign, do nothing, later it turns into cancer and the patient sues. Or, the doctor takes precautionary measures, removes tissue, patient doesn’t like how they now look, sue the doctor.
Freddy, I think that may be a bit narrow minded. I don’t know about anyone else, but I can tell you that the women I know would rather have the lump taken care of (no matter what they look like afterwards) than to worry about cancer later.
Are you people nuts? This woman had a misdiagnosis, but that was not what the case was about, it was about determining when she knew she had cancer and wheather she exceeded the statute of limits in bringing a suit. Insurance should be about fairness and not trying to avoid claims by not applying common sense. Using the insurance company logic I should start a malpractice suit every time I see a Dr. that is not made better right away. That is the logic of claiming the trigger date the way they did.
I agree. It’s hard to say that the doctor’s knew and didn’t diagnose her. Maybe they honestly didn’t see anything with the test they ran. That’s why it’s called practicing medicine.