When I read this article, I expected the comment thread to be full of semi-literate rants by people who bought Atlas Shrugged but couldn’t read it because it didn’t have enough pictures. I was pleasantly surprised by the comment thread instead. Read the post and see what I mean.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — A short but fiery speech made on the floor of the House of Representatives has raised the hopes of patient safety advocates across the nation.
Rep. Bruce Braley, a second-term Democrat from Iowa, gave a last-minute speech about medical errors moments before the House voted on the health reform bill earlier this month.
"Who will speak for the patients?" Braley said in his House speech as Republicans jeered him. He quoted an Institute of Medicine report, saying, "They told us the most significant way to reduce the cost of medical malpractice is to emphasize patient safety by reducing the number of preventable medical errors."
