House Bill 1331 & Your Right to Know
January 20, 2009 by Peggy Rowland
Filed under Women's Health
Since we’re talking about finding doctors, it’s also time to talk about Patty and David Skolnik. Actually, we’ll talk about what happened to their son, Michael.
The Today Show video clip below explains it much better than I can. What happened to Michael Skolnik is a sad, but important story. After their son’s death, the Skolniks decided to do something about lack of patient info on doctors.
Their efforts helped to create House Bill 1331 – Michael Skolnik Transparency Act.
The bill protects you by giving you access to information on your doctors. You can find out if an insurance company has refused to give your doctor malpractice insurance. And you have access to final judgments or settlements of malpractice or negligence and much more.
Visit Patients Right to Know and Colorado Citizens for Accountability for more information on how you can protect yourself and research your doctors.
