Posted by
Catmman on Wednesday, September 30, 2009 4:41:24 PM
The Obama administration argues that
making government medical officials personally liable for damages would
make it harder to recruit people to work for the Health and Human Services Department's Public Health Service and other government medical jobs.
"The court of appeals' decision will likely have an adverse impact on
the government's ability to recruit, hire and retain medical personnel
for the PHS, and may affect other federal entities that have medical
missions covered by similar immunity statutes." Solicitor General Elena Kagan said in court papers.
If I'm reading this right, then the Obama administration is arguing you cannot sue government medical practitioners if they screw up. Maybe there is something I'm not seeing here, but the implications of this are mind-bending.
So if/when Obamacare passes, you will have no legal recourse against government doctors or health care providers if they either make a mistake or through their omission of care cause harm or death? Is that too far a stretch to make?