Important Links
Important links to visit:
Start Here; why has this dropped so far down compared to other countries?
Read This; You would NEVER buy HMO insurance again
http://www.harp.org/manip/manipulation.htm#sI
Although these graphs are accurate as of 2012, they have left out several countries doing better then the USA in infant mortality. These countries include; Singapore, Iceland, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Cuba, Croatia, New Zealand, Brunei, Greece, S Korea, Ireland, Israel and Belgium .The countries just BELOW us will surprise you even more, as they are considered “3rd world”. We continue to drop. This infant mortality rate SHOULD be actually better in the US, genetically speaking, because of many married couples are mixing nationalities, more here than anywhere in the world, this alone should be an advantage and no one has added this factor into our rapidly dropping rate. Singapore has a diverse group, but they seem to marry their own nationality(this would be a disadvantage), yet they are the lowest in the world. Comparing our rate (per capita) to theirs, it must be health care/preventative care. What do you think socialized health care will do to these already horrible numbers?.
Need more proof ?
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2091rank.html
This from the CIA. We are 169th on this list
http://www.alllaw.com/articles/health/article2.asp
This is a very informed site with a very dedicated woman who runs it. Over 20,000 pages of Horror
This site also features Kaiser’s own doctors ,whistle-blowers if you will, real stats and more on the medical board.
www.tortdeform.com/archives/2007/05/it_is_much_cheaper_to_let_the.html
“It is much cheaper to let the Baby die instead of getting stuck with the economic damages…”
Typical, hard to believe and what Evan’s site is all about.
www.kaiserthrive.org/kaiser-malpractice-tragedies/
Malpractice Tragedies at kaiser
http://www.hospicepatients.org/
This is a VERY GOOD website and ANYONE that must face hospice SHOULD READ IT
BEFORE HOSPICE BEGINS ***
Cutting costs at patient expense
http://formoney.kaiserpapers.org/
These medical people did this for personal financial gain and to increase corporate revenues. That is fact. They did little to help patients. Nearly all of these individuals are reported to have pleasing, trustworthy personalities which they used to lull the patient and their families into a sense of false security.
www.kaiserthrive.org/2007/11/03/how-kaiser-permanente-treats-people-who-complain/
How Kaiser Permanente treats people who complain — you could be next
www.youtube.com/watch?v=YI7Oq8y-jXA&feature=share
Drama -HBO-The Newsroom-the TRUE state of our country
www.kaiserthrive.org/category/kaiser-kills/
More horror
http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/aboutepilepsy/treatment/medications/index.cfm
Intractable: Seizures that do not respond to medications. Thirty percent of people with epilepsy have these kinds of seizures.
Also known as “drug resistant.”
Reference: Kwan P., et al, Definition of drug resistant epilepsy.
Most authors report that antiepileptic drugs provide complete control for more than half of all patients with epilepsy,
and reduce the number of seizures in another 20 to 30 percent. The remaining 20 percent do not respond to current
medications and their condition is termed “intractable” or “refractory to treatment.”
www.drugs.com/pro/morphine-sulfate.html
Morphine
www.homedrugtestingkit.com/morphine.html
What Morphine is for, who should NOT use it
www.epilepsy.com/epilepsy/seizures_refractory/prognosis
About hard to control seizures
http://mauralarkins.com/kaisercases.html
The infant, born Jan. 6 at Kaiser’s Santa Clara center, was transferred to Stanford’s
Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital Center due to an illness, said Barnes, who cited
privacy concerns in withholding the dead baby’s medical condition. The child was
transferred back to Kaiser, hospital officials said, acknowledging the medication error
http://kaiserpapers.org/robertpearl/index.html#index
To the family of Robert M. Pearl, physician with the Permanente Medical Group,
we offer our sincere apologies that this material had to be publicly presented.
The California Medical Board had this material in their possession for over one month and
failed to address the serious issues that are raised. In the interest of the well being of the
American Public and the interest in truth and transparency in the medical care provided the
citizens of the United States, in particular those most vulnerable, including the Medicare patients,
this material had to become public.
CHARLES PHILLIPS, MD, FACEP
http://selfincrimination.kaiserpapers.org/
Michael Terry McEnany, M.D. was offered a deal whereas if he left the state and gave up his California Medical License
no action would be taken against him. If he were to return to California though and want his license back then the California
Medical Board would take formal action against him. Unfortunately for the people of Wisconsin that didn’t know about this secret,
illegal and conspiratorial business deal, a lot of people were harmed. This is a case where the medical board will not touch the doctor, but will let him kill elsewhere. Kaiser doctor.
http://articles.latimes.com/2008/oct/11/local/me-wong11
Just another Kaiser employee that ended up in politics and now serving time;
“In recent weeks, Wong’s supporters submitted letters to the judge asking for leniency.
Five friends and family members praised Wong during Friday’s sentencing hearing, saying that he had done good works during his time as a public relations executive for Kaiser Permanente”.
http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/823039?src=wnl_edit_newsal&uac=221851MN
FDA APPROVES HAND HELD INJECTOR FOR OPIOD OVERDOSE
An obvious need these days; Once turned on, the device provides verbal instruction to the user describing how to deliver the medication, similar to automated defibrillators.
SAGE INSIGHT;The high cost of silencing scientists
Posted on March 31, 2014
From Index on Censorship
What are government scientists allowed to say? In Canada, many are feeling “gagged” when it comes to discussing their findings – hampered by funding cuts and the increasing need for all public enquires to be media managed. They have felt delayed or prevented from talking directly to journalists. Meanwhile, in the US, last October’s government shutdown, coupled with funding cuts, has seriously impacted upon US Federal Government scientists’ right to free speech.
Science writer and former physicist Mark Frary writes that, according to the Canadian pressure group Democracy Watch:
‘There are few issues more fundamental to democracy than the ability of the public to access scientific information produced by government scientists – information that their tax dollars have paid for. We as a society cannot make informed choices about critical issues if we are not fully informed about the facts.’
In recent years, the organization has come under scrutiny for management, patient care, financial and technology issues, primarily in its Northern and Southern California regions.
Mandatory arbitration[edit]
In order to contain costs, Kaiser requires agreement by planholders to submit patient malpractice claims to arbitration rather than litigating through the court system. This has triggered some opposition.[41]
Wilfredo Engalla is a notable case. In 1991, Engalla died of lung cancer nearly five months after submitting a written demand for arbitration. The California Supreme Court found[55] that Kaiser had a financial incentive to wait until after Engalla died; his spouse could recover $500,000 from Kaiser if the case was arbitrated while he was alive, but only $250,000 after he died. The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights contends that Kaiser continues to oppose HMO arbitration reform.[56]
Watchdogs have accused Kaiser of abusing the power imbalance inherent in the arbitration system. Kaiser engages in many cases whereas a customer will usually engage in just one and Kaiser can reject any arbitrator unilaterally, thus they can select company-friendly arbitrators over those that rule in favor of customers. As a large organization, Kaiser can also afford to spend much more on lawyers and orators than the customer, giving them more advantages. In response to criticisms, Kaiser established an Office of Independent Administrators (OIA) in 1999 to oversee the arbitration process. The degree to which this is independent has been questioned.[57]
Patients and consumer interest groups sporadically attempt to bring lawsuits against Kaiser Permanente. Recent lawsuits include Gary Rushford’s 1999 attempt to use proof of a physician lie to overturn an arbitration decision.[58]
In one case, Kaiser attempted to significantly expand the scope of its arbitration agreements by arguing it should be able to force nonsignatories to its member contracts into arbitration, merely because those third parties had allegedly caused an injury to a Kaiser member which Kaiser had then allegedly exacerbated through its medical malpractice. The California Court of Appeal for the First District did not accept that argument: “Absent a written agreement—or a preexisting relationship or authority to contract for another that might substitute for an arbitration agreement—courts sitting in equity may not compel third party nonsignatories to arbitrate their disputes.”[59]
Patient dumping[edit]
Kaiser has settled five cases for alleged patient dumping—the delivery of homeless hospitalized patients to other agencies or organizations in order to avoid expensive medical care—between 2002 and 2005. During that same period, the Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of the Inspector General settled 102 cases against U.S. hospitals which resulted in a monetary payment to the agency.[60][61]
On November 16, 2006, Los Angeles city officials filed civil and criminal legal action against Kaiser Permanente for patient dumping as reported by National Public Radio’s All Things Considered.
The city’s decision to charge Kaiser Permanente reportedly was influenced by security camera footage, allegedly showing a 63-year-old patient, dressed in hospital gown and slippers, wandering toward a mission on Skid Row, as outlined in a 20-page complaint. City officials say that as many as 10 other area hospitals are under investigation for possible future action for this practice.[62] Kidney transplant program violations lead to closure[edit]
In 2004, Northern California Kaiser Permanente initiated an in-house program for kidney transplantation. Prior to opening the transplant center, Northern California Kaiser patients would generally receive transplants at medical centers associated with the University of California (UC San Francisco and UC Davis). Upon opening the transplant center, Kaiser required that members who are transplant candidates in Northern California obtain services exclusively through its internal KP-owned transplant center.
On May 3, 2006, the Los Angeles Times published an investigative report which showed across-the-board mismanagement in the KP-run transplant program which resulted in delays for patients awaiting kidneys.[63] According to the report, Northern California Kaiser performed 56 transplants in 2005 and twice that many patients died waiting for a kidney. At other California transplant centers, more than twice as many people received kidneys than died during the same period. The practice of delaying these transplants resulted in considerable savings for KP.
On May 13, 2006, after less than two years of operation, Northern California Kaiser announced it would discontinue the kidney transplant program. As before, Northern California Kaiser now pays for pre-transplant care and transplants at outside hospitals who have proven they are competent in providing this care. This change affected approximately 2,000 patients.[64][65]
Two patients have filed personal injury lawsuits against Kaiser and the widow of a patient who died has filed a wrongful death claim. According to the lawyer representing the three plaintiffs, more lawsuits are planned
Feb 2012: This one of several cars “watching” Evan’s father.
A detective agency out of Whittier Calif. hired by Kaiser’s CEO & low life form lawyer Tony Santos.
Notice the “blackened” windows so you cannot see inside and there IS a man inside this car. He was frightened by me since my car was almost butted up against his front grill. He could not leave. He could not drive away until police came and had me move my truck.
Now this “PI” was either terrible at his job (because I “detected” all their vehicles) or Kaiser hired them to harass only, you choose.
These “detectives” harassed the whole neighborhood with their presence and followed Evan’s father. Kaiser even used the local police, highway patrol, homeland security, DOJ and state police to harass, and that was unfounded. So they use people and resources at everyone’s expense just as they did Evan, so they can kill, destroy medical science and count money.
“it has been said, “Time heals all wounds” I disagree. The wounds remain. In time, the mind, protecting it’s sanity, covers them with scar tissue and the pain lessons. But it is never gone” Rose Kennedy