Summary
An Idaho doctor testified that confusion over the state’s strict abortion bans left a miscarrying patient “passed around like a hot potato” as doctors avoided treating her out of fear of legal consequences.
The 14-week pregnant woman, suffering heavy bleeding and anemia, was denied care during three ER visits before being admitted against hospital rules, miscarrying, and requiring a blood transfusion.
The testimony is part of a lawsuit challenging Idaho’s abortion laws, which ban most abortions with few exceptions, leaving patients in dangerous situations without timely care.
Hot potato is the Republican form of health care.
Oh patients get hot potatoe’d all the time it’s just usually they’re full code violent dementia patients. OB hot potatoes are just the new fad in overly legally complicated patients no one wants to be officially responsible for when they die. The republican party is the party of the freedom to die in a ditch full of maggots when your
death panelinsurance review board (chaired by an eye doctor who’s been out of practice for 10 years after committing fraud) denies your chemo treatment juuust long enough that you’re better off dying quickly and getting out of their hair.Anyone else remember Death Panels?
I don’t think insurance claim review boards went away.
They have concepts of a plan though.