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Friends: This post is an update on an earlier post concerning changes to the law of Medicaid subrogation in North Carolina. The earlier post can be seen here: Medicaid: “Ahlborn hearings” are back thanks to the 2018 federal budget which makes Medicaid provide lien reduction hearings again. But watch the deadlines! Here is the short…

Seems like at least 50% of the time I request plan documents I get a one page copy of the Summary Plan Description. http://www.buchanandisability.com/helpful-resourcesandarticles/erisa-502c-actions/

Responsible Adults of Ligon Middle School Mock Trial students can fill out the information form here. Click SEND on the top of the form or attach to an email to me. Chris Nichols

http://news.yahoo.com/trial-priest-joked-abusing-3-boys-week-205857367.html# Trial: Priest joked about abusing 3 boys in week By MARYCLAIRE DALE | Associated Press – 17 hrs ago PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Jurors in a landmark priest-abuse trial heard Monday about a priest-turned-camp prowler and another who allegedly bragged about having sex with three boys in one week. Also Monday, two jurors were replaced by alternates, but a gag…

If you are interested in hearing how the 4th Circuit came to the decision in E.M.A. v Cansler, wherein the Court held that NC’s Medicaid lien statute was not in compliance with the requirements for subrogation as set out in Ark. Dep’t of Human Servs. v. Ahlborn, 547 U.S. 268 (2006) the audio link is posted below.…

Next meeting will be 11 am next thursday. Amendments must be submitted to clerk by Wednesday if next week. No comments from members.

Dr faulkner is a primary care doctor. He’s been sued, and a plaintiff. Wife Joan. 5 children. 10 Yeats ago burned. Shows photos of her severe burns to her face and photos of slow recovery. She does not want to relive these times Learned three truths about med mal: Current system is tilted toward providers…

Says that the provision simply codifies the current state of the law. He misrepresents the law NC did away with the three part duty set up many years ago. Overrides the common law. I’ve brought one premises case in 17 years. This is not an issue in NC

Not a lobbyist. Citizen for good medical care. Telling the story of her son Ethan, who dies because the ER misdiagnosed him with croup to death in 4 days. Patients need to have safety on medical side. System is failing patients. Non-economic cap is failing the injured. Has net bs spoke with J1 and has…

He’s misrepresenting the law. Says that products immunity still preserves good cases. The lie in that is that it only preservers cases where there has been misrepresentation by the manufacturer. Sorry for all the typos. Doing this in iPhone with “autocorrect”. Ugh.