Category: Medical Malpractice

States Warned Against Illegally Restricting Hepatitis C Drugs

November 6, 2015 — Federal officials are warning that state Medicaid programs may be violating the law by restricting access to the hepatitis C drugs Sovaldi and Harvoni. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid...

Anthem Blue Cross Sued for Denying Hepatitis C Cures

August 5, 2015 -- Anthem Blue Cross has been sued by a woman with hepatitis C who was denied the miracle drugs Harvoni and Sovaldi because she was not sick enough. The woman, Marina Sheynburg, filed the class action lawsuit...

Most State Medicaid Programs Restrict Hepatitis C Drugs

June 30, 2015 -- A study published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that most state Medicaid programs could be violating federal law by restricting access to expensive drugs that can cure hepatitis C, such as Harvoni. Federal...

Massachusetts Prisoners Sue for Access to Hepatitis C Cure

June 29, 2015 -- The Wall Street Journal reports that two inmates at prisons in Massachusetts have filed lawsuits against the state for failing to provide drugs that could cure them of hepatitis C. The lawsuit (PDF) was filed on...

Lawsuit Filed by Woman Forced to Have Episiotomy

June 17, 2015 -- A woman who was forced to have an episiotomy against her consent has filed an assault-and-battery lawsuit against her obstetrician and published a disturbing video of the entire delivery online. The Daily Beast reports that the...

Spinal Surgery Lawsuit Ends in $45 Million Jury Award

June 1, 2015 -- The New York Times reports that a jury in the Bronx has awarded $45 million to the family of a man who was paralyzed during a botched spinal surgery as a teenager and later died as...

Investigation Finds VA Hospital Wait Times Still Extreme

April 14, 2015 -- The Veterans Affairs (VA) is making little headway in shortening wait-times for care, especially at hospitals in the South, according to an investigation by the Associated Press. Last year, Congress approved $16.3 billion to shorten wait-times...

Olympus Hit With 5 “Superbug” Infection Lawsuits

March 18, 2015 -- Five lawsuits have been filed by victims of a deadly “superbug” infection outbreak linked to dirty medical scopes at UCLA’s Ronald Reagan Medical Center, according to Reuters. The most recent lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles...

VA Hospital Pays Nearly $1M Settlement for Wrongful Death

January 29, 2015 -- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has agreed to pay nearly $1 million to settle a malpractice lawsuit filed by the family of a man who died of melanoma. The lawsuit was filed on behalf of...

VA Rejects Many Colonoscopy Malpractice Claims

January 5, 2015 -- An investigative report by MSNBC has found that Veterans Affair (VA) hospitals quietly rejected most malpractice claims after exposing thousands of veterans to diseases like hepatitis from contaminated colonoscopy equipment. In 2009, the VA notified about...