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P.I.S.S.D. -- Personal Injury, Social Security Disability

The title of this blog reflects Bob Kraft's attitude toward those government agencies and insurance companies that routinely mistreat injured or disabled people.
By Robert Kraft

Post Frequency: 5.9/day

Last Entry: May 06, 2009 at 17:44:22

Featured Link - CoverTheUninsured.org

Posted on October 24, 2008
Those of us who represent personal injury clients and Social Security disability claimants have to see every day the problems caused by lack of health insurance. Regardless of your politics, no one can argue that our country wouldn't be better off if everyone had some type of health insurance...

Disturbing Study Warns Of Dangers Of Approved Medications

Posted on October 23, 2008
The American Association for Justice has issued this news release: Study indicates many biological medicines trigger safety warnings after coming on the market. USA Today (10/22, Rubin) reports that about "one in four recently approved products in a relatively new class of medicines needed some type of regulatory action because of safety issues that arose after they came on the market," according to a study published in the Oct...

Featured Link - CaringBridge.org

Posted on October 23, 2008
One of the unfortunate aspects of representing Social Security disability clients is that many of them become gravely ill during the course of representation. We do what we can to help them, but of course we can't offer the kind of comfort and support that personal friends and family can offer...

Computer Crash Hinders Texas Attorney General's Medicaid Fraud Case

Posted on October 23, 2008
According to the Dallas Morning News, the Texas Attorney General has hit a major speed bump in his investigation into Medicaid fraud in Texas, and all because of a computer crash and a failure to backup data. Let this be a lesson to all of us - back up your computer now! A massive computer crash that destroyed hundreds of the state attorney general's confidential documents may prevent scores of Medicaid fraud prosecutions and has revealed serious problems with a newly expanded state outsourcing of computer services...

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Chantix And Heparin Lead Reports Of Serious Drug Reactions

Posted on October 23, 2008
The Dallas Morning News today has an alarming story about the dangers of the prescription drugs Chantix and Heparin. Here are excerpts:Previous research from ISMP has shown that serious drug safety problems reported to the FDA increased markedly from 1998-2005...

Featured Link - ReportMyTeen.com

Posted on October 22, 2008
Do you want to make it easy for people to snitch on your teenage driver? If so, ReportMyTeen will do the job for you. In a nutshell, you sign up for a cheap annual subscription, you get a bumper sticker like you see on big trucks - Report Bad Driving - with a phone number, and then ReportMyTeen tells you about any calls they receive...

Delta Recalls Nearly 1.6 Million Cribs Linked To Infant Deaths

Posted on October 21, 2008
Today's Wall Street Journal reports: "Children's products maker Delta Enterprise Corp. will announce a recall [today] of 1.59 million cribs linked to two infant deaths, the company said, continuing a string of recent recalls of cribs and bassinets involving other manufacturers...

Featured Link - WorldMapper

Posted on October 20, 2008
This should be a Friday Fun post, but sometimes we need to waste time on Mondays too, right? WorldMapper shows distorted global maps weighted by birthrate, religion, and many other categories. If you like maps and trivial information, you'll enjoy this site...

Friday Fun - Bonus

Posted on October 17, 2008
This is blatantly political, so I'll include it as a bonus Friday Fun. Be sure to mouse over everything and click when you see the hand. Check out PalinAsPresident.

Friday Fun

Posted on October 17, 2008
This great video features a former Dallas Mavericks player getting "schooled" in the tactics of street basketball. The great move comes about 1:30 into the video.

Social Security Administration Releases 2009 COLA Numbers

Posted on October 17, 2008
Based on the increase in the Consumer Price Index (CPI-W) from the third quarter of 2007 through the third quarter of 2008, Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) beneficiaries will receive a 5.8 percent COLA for 2009. Other important 2009 Social Security information is as follows: Tax Rate 2008 2009 Employee 7...

Finally, Seat Belts Required On Small School Buses

Posted on October 16, 2008
As reported by the Associated Press, we finally have a federal rule requiring harness-style seat belts on small school buses. Another part of the rule requires higher seat belts on larger buses, but does not require seat belts on those buses. Unfortunately, the rule does not take effect until 2011...

Early Voting Locations In Dallas County

Posted on October 15, 2008
Here's the link to all the early voting locations in Dallas County. If you're registered, and if you've educated yourself on the candidates' positions, please go vote. It's much faster and easier to vote early than to wait until the crowd hits on election day...

Featured Link - Dallas County Most Wanted List

Posted on October 15, 2008
I made sure I wasn't on this list before posting the link. It's a list and a search engine for finding out who owes the most money in fines and fees to Dallas County. If you live here, you better check to be sure you're not listed!

Featured Link - Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Posted on October 13, 2008
I'm not sure how anyone could disagree with the statements in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but even if you do, you'll still appreciate the beautiful video representation of the words in this declaration. Enjoy.

Friday Fun

Posted on October 10, 2008
My thanks to Tom Mighell for pointing out this simplest weather forecast site in Internet history: Umbrella Today.

U.S. Chamber Of Commerce Created Current Financial Crises?

Posted on October 09, 2008
This thought-provoking press release is from the American Association for Justice: U.S. CHAMBER CREATED CURRENT FINANCIAL CRISIS, NEW REPORT SAYS Filings show AIG paid U.S. Chamber $23M to eliminate oversight and accountability WASHINGTON, DC?The current financial crisis was caused by U...

Featured Link - RxList.com

Posted on October 08, 2008
I haven't list a prescription drug Web site in quite a while, but new ones keep appearing and the older ones keep improving. One good one is RxList.com. Here's information from their About page:RxList.com - Owned and Operated by WebMD and part of the WebMD network...

Older Or Disabled Clients Have Health Care Insurance Options

Posted on October 07, 2008
Many of our older or disabled clients become understandably confused by their health care insurance choices. One company that offers help in this area is Informed Choice. They offer side-by-side comparisons between your health policy and others available...

Featured Link - Presidential Election Maps Through History

Posted on October 06, 2008
In this political season I can't seem to go more than a few hours without checking the latest polls and projections. And now I've found a Web site that lets me look at electoral maps all the way back to 1789. This is really interesting stuff If you're a political junkie like I am...

Uninsured Texas Drivers Warned Of Expanded Verification Program

Posted on October 06, 2008
I've written before about the Texas pilot program to finally begin enforcing the state's mandatory auto liability insurance coverage requirement. This program is now being rolled out statewide after a long test run in Austin. Here are some details from an article in the Dallas Morning News: The program relies on a database containing the names of all insured drivers and their insurance companies ? matched to their license-plate numbers and VINs...

New Video About Our Embarrassing Texas Supreme Court

Posted on October 05, 2008
The consumer advocacy group Texas Watch has a new video out about the Texas Supreme Court, and its pro-business agenda. The video is called Supremely Embarrassing.

Friday Fun

Posted on October 03, 2008
GraphJam is an odd little site consisting of nothing but charts and graphs of all types purporting to show various cultural statistics. Sound boring? No, it's pretty funny. Check it out.

It's Not Too Late To Register To Vote

Posted on October 03, 2008
It's not too late yet, but it will be in just a couple of days. Texas voters must register by October 6, 2008, in order to vote in the November 4 Presidential election. You can register to vote online here. Please, go now, register, learn about the issues, and vote on November 4.

Florida Sues Merck For Deceptive Marketing Of Vioxx

Posted on October 02, 2008
As reported in the South Florida Business Journal, Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum has filed suit against Merck & Co. for alleged deceptive marketing and promotion of the prescription drug Vioxx. Here are excerpts from the article: The lawsuit claims that Merck repeatedly failed to disclose the drug?s adverse effects while offering it to the state?s Medicaid program as a safe painkiller, in direct violation of Florida?s Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act...

Nursing Homes Get Grim Review In Federal Report

Posted on October 01, 2008
The Dallas Morning News reported on a disturbing study of nursing homes that found more than 90 percent were cited for violations of federal health and safety standards last year, and that for-profit homes were more likely to have problems than other types of nursing homes...

Social Security Administration Admits Challenges

Posted on September 29, 2008
In a recently announced "Strategic Plan Fiscal Years 2008 - 2013" the Social Security Administration lists the challenges the agency faces. I agree with this list, although I might add a couple of items to it. The Social Security Administration's service to our clients is deteriorating, which is bad for our clients and bad for our law firm...

Friday Fun

Posted on September 26, 2008
I guess this site could be more useful than funny, depending on your circumstances at the moment, but I think it's pretty humorous. It's for people who need to locate a public toilet. You'd better plan ahead unless you have a smart phone that will let you access the Internet as you're walking or driving around.

Featured Link - Real Car Prices

Posted on September 25, 2008
The Web site RealCarTips can be useful for anyone considering the purchase of a new car. The site lists what they say are the actual prices paid for certain new models in different parts of the country. I can't vouch for the accuracy of the prices here, but if I were about to buy a new car, I'd sure check this site first...

Today Is National Punctuation Day!

Posted on September 24, 2008
Punctuation is a subject near and dear to my heart, and I'm thrilled that today is officially National Punctuation Day. Visit the Web site and get all your questions about commas and semicolons answered. Nat

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