Profits Over Patients Health Care: Medical Errors, Deadly Consequences, and a Guide to Surviving U.S. Medical Care
(Room JW Grand Ballroom 9)
07 Jul 18
3:00 PM
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4:15 PM
Profits-over-patients U.S. health care and underfunded professional licensing regulators have led to medical errors becoming the third leading cause of death in the U.S., according to one recent study. How can someone seeking medical attention for themselves or their family stay safe in a landscape where regulators take years to pull a bad doctor's license and often give them a pass if “settlements” are reached out of court. Prescription errors? Epidemic. Obstetric malpractice? Commonplace. Massive corporations buying up American hospitals and implementing cost-cutting policies that kill. Lawyer and author Joseph Awad takes us behind the curtain at Health Care Inc. for a frightening look at the health care that awaits us all and the horrific results. On the upside, he shares recommendations for staying safe while getting the best possible care and offers policy solutions for cleaning up a mistake- and death-ridden system. We deserve better, and Joe Awad will show us how to get it.