Medical/Healthcare....

[SHORTY LONG]

What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? OHIO

Is it true, that if a person is on Medicare parts A & B and something goes array during a procedure
where later it is uncovered that the Doctor was under the influence of alcohol; that the Hospital and
Doctor cannot be sued, because the person on Government Insurance in lieu of Private Insurance coverage?

 

[lya]

Medicare is an insurance plan, not an employer of the physician or the hospital. It is not the same as a physician employed by the federal government (military) or a hospital owned and operated by the federal government (VA hospital, military hospital).

Medicare will be glad to recoup its monies paid for treatment resulting from medical malpractice. They will have a lien on any award given to the plaintiff.