Financial Burden of COVID-19 Shifts from Insurance to Patients
Attempts to penalize those who become sick with COVID-19 are not out of line with other attempts to punish Americans for their perceived poor health.
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By Alex Stein California’s Court of Appeal has recently delivered a first-impression decision on the conditions under which a patient’s own negligence can be asserted as a defense against medical malpractice allegations. Harb v. City of Bakersfield, — Cal.Rptr.3d —- (Cal.App. 5th Dist. 2015) 2015 WL 302291. Among the materials cited by this decision was my…