This will.i.am video gave me a feeling I haven't had about a politician since JFK's "Peace Corps" speech at the University of Michigan. (Hit the Read More button below to see the video.)

I created the design for this pin to show that, if you wear an American flag in your lapel, you had better be ready to come together with other Americans to make this country what it should be. Just wearing a flag pin has become a hypocritical and empty gesture (Rudy Giuliani not excepted.) This is my response.

For each one purchased, I will donate $5 to the Obama campaign. There is a limited supply of 1000 pins, so if you want one, go to the store now! For additional YesWeCanFlag stuff, go to my CafePress store (10% of my profit there is also donated to the Obama campaign.)

You probably expected this website to be hosted by a lawyer. And you are right. But you probably didn't expect this site to be hosted by a doctor and there is the surprise. I am a doctor and a lawyer and I practice both specialties (and pay for malpractice insurance in both specialties.)

However, unlike many lawyer sites, this site is not all about getting your business. This is about the 100,000 people who die each year in this country from preventable medical mistakes. This is about why medical mistakes are the problem. This is about the victims of medical mistakes and why blaming them for health care costs is wrong. This is about why lawyers try to get medical malpractice victims some compensation for their injuries and why they are doing the right and compassionate thing. This is about why medical malpractice has nothing to do with health care costs. Do you think I am lying? Then read The Facts.

 My professional life is dedicated to the proposition that health care works best when people have the fullest information to make their decisions. You know more about the soap you buy in the grocery store than the doctor and hospital who take care of your life. You can look at the soap box and know the price, the quality and the ingredients, and you have the information to compare it with all the other soap. Its time for you to demand to know the same things about your medical care: price, quality and "ingredients".

It's time for you to be able to ask "How many gall bladder operations have you done, what is your complication rate and what is your mortality rate?" or "How many times have you been sued for malpractice and tell me what happened?" or "What is it going to cost me to have this hip replacement."

It's time for you to be able to shop around. The key to doing that is information.

After about 17 years of medical practice in surgery and emergency medicine, I began a law practice concentrating on helping people injured by the medical system. From one small room, I have expanded my law office to now include five other people. We now represent people injured by medical providers, people injured by badge-heavy police officers, and people with brain injuries occurring in traffic accidents. In addition, I represent disabled people claiming government or private insurance benefits. And, with a focus on health care, I actively and aggressively pursue cases for "whistle-blowing" employees.  

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