I said the solution was to rename as Rice University School of Medicine Rice is across the street. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. I have a biology degree, okay? In 2010, reports emerged that Paul was not certified by a board for his specialty, at least. /Metadata 6 0 R For Paul, I have no trouble saying that his ability to finish medical school indicates that he could certainly have successfully finished his undergraduate studies. Our fact-check work is supported in part by a grant from Facebook. Considering the pass rates of first time test takers is 96% and that Duke is above that pass rate, I would assume that Duke would not let itself admit a single student that was not a good prospect of passing the medical test. In this survey of six state mental health telephone consultation program directors, we report the annual number of children referred for consultation and the number of lawsuits against consultant clinicians. /O 9 trailer Dr. Paul earned his medical degree from Duke University School of Medicine in Durham, N.C., in 1988. His ophthalmology certification is contested. Theyre not thinking about this, but theyre going to be open to big-time liability for forcing this vaccine on kids., ClipsHealthPoliticsCoronavirus vaccineFox News ChannelRand PaulThe Ingraham Angle. The difference between mean and median reflects a skewed distribution toward large payments in some specialties. LOUIS Construction worker Curtis Wren came to Dr. Faisal Albanna in 1998 after injuring himself through heavy lifting. Im going to trim this down to the first and last sentences: Medical schools have to be very careful of admitting someone who is just not prepared. stream Dr. Paul, 52, practiced ophthalmology for 18 years before becoming a senator in 2010. For information on reprint and reuse permissions, please visit www.rand.org/pubs/permissions. I didnt even care that Anthony Wiener texted his wiener. (Ron Paul, his father and the former member of Congress, does have a biology degree.). Dr Soh predicts many future medical malpractice law suits are in our not too distant future as a large mass of adults who had as children been allowed to transition to the opposite gender . The origin of the social media claims is astory on a satire website. Its not a good school. Speaking of which, my son and I have the perfect fix: Jon Stewart to Nightly News, Brian Williams to Daily Show. Some commenters on Instagram celebrated the decision to revoke Paul's license. But you have such left-wing academics whose heads are in the sand and just to go, Dr. Fauci wants us to do it, we should do it. Now whether that would turn out good or bad is another discussion . The acceptance rates for medical schools are extremely low and medical students generally pay full retail. All Rights Reserved. I think the far simpler one is that, having studied biology and English for three years and then having gone on to get a much more prestigious professional degree, he considers himself to have by proxy finished his earlier degree. Degree without finishing undergrad? 0000018059 00000 n Meanwhile, an increase in the number of people using the health care system may trigger a corresponding increase in the number of medical malpractice claims. Although Rand was advertised as "board-certified" until at least 2013, it is unknown if he continued to present himself as such after that. We also know that the more you get the vaccine, the higher your risk of myocarditis. He does too have a biology degree! fee basis, so you don't pay unless we. Andrew Hall's satire blog Laughing with Disbelief published the article Aug. 10. Thats spineless and dishonest. Records from the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure show Paul is authorized to practice ophthalmology in Kentucky and has been licensed since 1993. The results indicate higher malpractice rates than previously reported in low-risk specialties, possibly because of the stigma of a claim in these fields. We learned that in general they were, with some complicated elements. And on the Healthgrades website, Paul's physician entry once read "Ophthalmology, Board Certified, though he does not appear to have an entry anymore. The AMA explains on its website that physicians must be licensed ineach state where they practice. I recruit from there so I see the results. I still got into a selective graduate school as a provisional student because my employer was paying full price up front. Used with permission. However, the Board does address specialty board certification through our regulation on physician advertising. He confirmed that if a board is not on his group's list, a physician cannot advertise as being board-certified. Paul's medical license is active. American Medical Association, May 15, 2018. This is from memory so the details are fuzzy. a 2010 report in the Lexington Herald-Leader, Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security. >> The perfect clown to be driving the Republican Clown Car. In a 2010 statement to Politico, Paul described how his certification saga was his battle against a hypocritical power play that I despise. Paul basically protested against the ABO's decision to require recertifications of medical licenses every 10 years for anyone who was board-certified after 1992. An undergraduate can be given a pointless degree with pencil-whipped grades and no one will find out (See UNC and the Africa-American studies department). Degree in English??????????? While this is not illegal, it's certainly unusual. "I believe it's medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males," Paul said on "The Ingraham Angle" on Friday. Its very likely dad pulled some serious strings for Rand on that one, Id love to hear a bit about that and how it fits with the Pauls libertarian/meritocracious philosophy.. This document and trademark(s) contained herein are protected by law. America is full of b.s. If Paul had responded to Arringtons I have an econ degree with Im a medical doctor, it could have come across as high-handed, whereas I have a biology degree is jocular and allows the conversation to flow more naturally. And oh yeahhe worships the Aqua-Buddha. Detailed Analysis of the Relationship Between Insurance Coverage and Paid Medical Malpractice Claims This research was supported by Swiss Re and also in part by pooled contributions to the RAND Institute for Civil Justice, a program of RAND Justice, Infrastructure, and Environment. Upon completion of his training in 1993, Dr. Paul and Kelley moved to Bowling Green to start their family and begin his ophthalmology practice. Dr. Paul does not support the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The NBofO is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, the American Medical Association, nor the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure. According to the Kentucky Secretary of States website, Pauls family members did make up the NBOs leadership. Ron DeSantis. Too many people have been denied the chance of getting into medical school because of grade point average, and he gets in without completing a bachelor? Paul, his wife, and his father-in-law were listed as being in charge of this board. 8. Fellows & Blake LLC are plaintiff attorneys who seek justice for the severely injured and wrongful death victims of gross negligence. Product Liability. Answer (1 of 36): He is an M.D., specifically an opthalmologist. The U.S. malpractice system is widely regarded as inefficient, in part because of how long cases take to resolve. To understand malpractice risk by specialty, Anupam B. Jena, Seth Seabury, Darius Lakdawalla, and Amitabh Chandra analyzed data from 1991 through 2005 for nearly 41,000 physicians covered by a large nationwide liability insurer. . They say it's the exchange of bodily of fluids. Dr. Paul believes medical marijuana is a state's rights issue, not a federal one. Portions of the Restatement Second have been superseded by the Restatement Third of Torts: Products Liability, Apportionment of Liability, Liability for Physical and Emotional Harm, and Liability for Economic Harm. Biology? The Randal (Rand) Paul Jury Verdict 2199 - Medical Negligence - Following a cataract surgery, ophthalmologist criticized for failing to timely detect and treat an infection that later resulted in the loss of the eye Brown v. Paul, 01 CI 0937 Plaintiff: Charles D. Greenwell and Nancy J. Schook, Middleton & Reutlinger, Louisville More: YouTube suspends Sen. Rand Paul over COVID-19 video disputing cloth masks. Paul was a practicing medical doctor . In 1987, I had a book listing every college in the country with numbers of students, incoming GPA, etc and Baylor University had the worst SAT in the entire book (under 600 M/V combined, IIRC). RAND's publications do not necessarily reflect the opinions of its research clients and sponsors. Just as physicians' advice to patients is judged against professional standards, so the information and advice offered by physician . That said, Baylor, like many colleges, has become vast more selective in recent years. This editorial comments on an article in the same journal that demonstrates (through the use of hospital-based adverse drug events) that errors in medicine are prevalent and often preventable. , But a medical school that admits students not capable of doing the work will finding its pass rates on the board exams going down.. Thats like getting physics and engineering mixed up. It is a classic case of Big Government vs. Freedom: the American Board of Medical Specialists says that Rand Paul hasn't been a certified physician since 2005, but isn't this infringing upon. Dog bites man. Had I done so, my degree would have said engineering but I would have said I studied physics in college. (Those in a specialty with fewer than 200 physicians were grouped in a 25th, "other specialties," category.). At this link to the Duke student newspaper, from 2001, it says that 20% of undergraduate students were admitted for non-academic reasons (athletes, or children of donors). Kentucky state law does not require board certification for licensure. All too often he seems to give a statement a couple Pinocchios not for being false, but for not being what Kessler thought the guy should have said. Using 30 y/o data when comparing universities is not the way to go these days. Sometimes it is quite innocent and I suspect such is the case here: He studied english and biology at Baylor, and eventually he graduated with an MD from Duke. /P 0 I know some Duke undergrad alumni from the 1970s who tell me their kids could never get in now, so Im extrapolating. The claim that Paul's medical license was revoked is FALSE, based on our research. But I dont know whether it was about that specifically or not. Pauls wife also declined to comment for the Courier-Journal report, saying, Im not involved in that. While Kessler sees this as resume-inflation, I see it as conversationalhumble, even. The impact of medical malpractice reforms on the average size of malpractice payments in specific physician specialties is unknown and subject to debate. @Tillman: As noted, I dont buy the spokesmans explanation. >> I know for damn sure that none of my fellow MDs were also getting degrees in English. In any case it certainly explains why he had to create his own Ophthalmology board in order to become board certified. Why do you assume this is not how the market was intended to function? ), Bill Clinton gets roaring round of applause at 2015 NBA All-Star game, http://www.nj.com/knicks/index.ssf/2015/02/bill_clinton_gets_roaring_round_of_applause_at_201.html. According to a 2010 report from the Courier-Journal (below), the NBO is not recognized by the American Board of Medical Specialties, which works with the American Medical Association to approve such specialty boards.. I believe its medical malpractice to force vaccines on children, particularly adolescent males, he said. 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Our. Millions are also injured each year as a result of substandard medical care. Nicholas M. Pace is a senior social scientist at the RAND Corporation. 0000048108 00000 n The group included Podcaster Joe Rogan, television host Tucker Carlson, rapper Nicki Minaj, football star Aaron Rodgers, tennis champion Novak Djokovic, guitar legend Eric Clapton, Sen. Rand Paul, the late broadcaster Phil Valentine, President Donald J. Trump, Sen. Ted Cruz, political commentator Candace Owens, and Florida Gov. startxref programs offered at an independent public policy research organizationthe RAND Corporation. /MediaBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] See, that goes to his dishonesty and gutlessness. Paul . @Crusty Dem: Pauls communications director sent in this explanation: It is unfair to give Senator Paul 3 Pinocchiosbecause aM.D. When we dramatically lowered tax rates in the 80s, we got an enormous boom in our country, probably for two decadesmany of us believe that the 80s and the 90s, once the boom began, had a lot to do with lowering the tax rates.. The now-defunct board was not recognized by the Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, so Dr. Paul was not board certified by a board recognized by the state since 2005, and since Dr. Paul's board dissolved in 2011, he has had no certification from an active body, according to the Washington Post. Yet another politician has exaggerated his qualifications. Personally I try to look at intent if possible. The organization lasted more than a decade, board-certified 50 to 60 doctors, and was never recognized by the medical establishment. NBOs board was dissolved by the state in 2000 after Paul missed a filing deadline, and though he kept it running, it remained legally unrecognized. "Like all of (Hall's)pieces, it links to a page called 'Is This Satire?' 0000021245 00000 n Thank you for supporting our journalism. Paul mentioned his alleged degree at the conference not once, but twice. His first suggestion is to limit the. Feb. 26, 2021: Added comment from TriStar Greenview Regional Hospital. 0000022186 00000 n Seriously? /N 1 MICRA instituted a cap of $250,000 on any Rand Paul, who practices in Bowling Green, says he is certified by the National Board of Ophthalmology, a group that he incorporated in 1999 and that he heads. During a Friday appearance on FNCs The Ingraham Angle, the Kentucky Republican lawmaker called such mandates medical malpractice. Describes how changes brought about by California Prop 46 may affect patients, doctors, plaintiffs, lawyers, the health care industry, and the public. $42 Million. Most physicians can expect to face at least one malpractice claim over a 30 year career. Washington slept around, Jefferson owned slaves, Lincolns wife was nuts, Grant drank, FDR concealed his polio and slept around, Clinton banged an intern, who cares? Sponsor: Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR] (Introduced 03/02/2023) Committees: Senate - Judiciary: Latest Action: Senate - 03/02/2023 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. /H [ 821 213 ] /S 48 Dale McGowan, managing editor of Patheos a religious news outlet that hosts Laughing with Disbelief told USA TODAY in an email the article was clearly labeled as satire. Joe Biden lying his ass off about his academic credentials, http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2014/08/05/rand_paul_runs_as_dreamer_confronts_rep_steve_king.html. We are hiring a guy to do the biggest job in the world, Id rather we focused on what they believe, and on their core character, not play Buzz Feed games. I have a Masters Degree in my field and an undergraduate degree was a pre-requisite. Today he practices in the Phoenix area. Why would you try to help the less privileged, when they arent in a position to help you? /L 54981 All that said, is this super important?Probably not. /Parent 4 0 R I like disagreeing with them, but beating them up over irrelevancies is counter-productive, whether its the Benghazi nuts and Hillary, or MSNBC eternal scandal hunt with Chris Christie. Amusingly the same people who will give Paul a total pass on this have argued that pulling 7 vs 9 Gs with the Blue Angels clearly means Brian Williams is pathological (which he may be, but a small numerical difference is not proof of that). Gastroenterology - 6%. >> $38 Million. Kentucky Board of Medical Licensure, accessed Aug. 12. The RAND Corporation is a research organization that develops solutions to public policy challenges to help make communities throughout the world safer and more secure, healthier and more prosperous. This project is part of ALI's ongoing revision of the Restatement Second of Torts. Medical negligence is a leading cause of death in the United States. No dice. RAND is nonprofit, nonpartisan, and committed to the public interest. 5 W Permission is required from RAND to reproduce, or reuse in another form, any of its research documents for commercial purposes. Copyright 2023 Becker's Healthcare. Having a post-graduate or professional degree trumps the lack of a baccalaureate; its the adult equivalent of skipping a grade. (Similarly, while I would look askance at someone with only a GED claiming to be a high school graduate, Id have no issue with someone with a GED and a bachelors degree making that representation.). It would be a flat-out lie for me to claim a degree in Economics, despite my PhD in a related field. Thats the heart of libertarianism right there the ability to trade on your privilege without interference from the busybodies like you. And I say that as someone who has a PhD in Chemistry but never graduated high school. He then left U Chicago early to start Medical School. @Crusty Dem: @steve: I havent the foggiest what the admissions process at Duke was 31 years ago but 1) Ron Paul was a very junior Representative from Texas at the time; I cant imagine he had much sway at a private medical school in North Carolina and 2) Duke wasnt Duke then; its a much more prestigious school now than it was at the time. He just made up his own. Cardiology - 6%. However, in relative rankings Penn and Duke remain very good med schools, even if I couldnt get in. Malpractice reforms should be assessed by how well they reduce litigation time without undermining patients' needs. However, Paul wasn't certified by the NBO alone. As a result, some social media users are misled. They obtain that license from a state's official medical licensing board, not a private entity like the AMA. This is the kind of hypocritical power play that I despise and have always fought against. Paul is a liar, a confederate apologist, and a conspiracy theorist. It was and is a good school. /Type /Page >> The NBO was officially incorporated in 1999, according to the Kentucky Secretary of States website. Snopes readers shared this with us and asked if the claims in it were true. Scott Walker refusing to comment on evolution. This Restatement addresses medical liability . This article explains a surprising effect of tort liability in the market for prescription drugs: punitive damages shift liability from doctors to drug companies, but not when physician malpractice liability is limited.". He attended Waco, Texas-based Baylor University to study biology and English, but left a few courses short of a diploma after he was accepted into medical school. Jena, Anupam B., Seth A. Seabury, Darius N. 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I dont care if he surfs nurse porn, smokes pot and likes to watch bad TV. @Crusty Dem: how dare you try to impinge upon a fathers freedom to pull strings for his child! Thats Dr. Grumpy Realist to you. First, in an exchange with TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington, Paul said: Arrington: Lets talk about economics because maybe you can actually explain this to me. Pediatrics - 5%. He has contributed his expertise in justice organizationrelated research methodologies to many projects involving the law, the courts, and judicial decisionmaking, often involving large scale, groundbreaking qualitative and, Eric Helland is an adjunct economist at the RAND Corporation, in the Institute for Civil Justice, and the William F. Podlich Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow at Claremont McKenna College. >> 0000031613 00000 n /Filter [/FlateDecode ] I almost did something similar with an engineering program. It is common knowledge that the study of medicine is the study of human biology, and a MD has a doctorate degree in one area of study of the science of biology., Thats a bit of a stretch and doesnt explain the and English addendum; an MD certainly isnt an English degree. "I'm not arguing vaccines are a bad idea. Ive written PolitiFact suggesting they sometimes need a different approach, True, but misleading or True, but further explanation required. Kessler could give up his one to five Pinocchios and say something like Pauls statement is false, but unimportant. By continuing to use our site, you acknowledge that you have read, that you understand, and that you accept our. Computerized clinical decision support (CDS) systems have been developed to enhance physician decisionmaking and reduce the incidence of avoidable medical errors. Despite his extensive medical training, Dr. Paul does not hold a bachelor's degree, according to NPR. Studying the behavior of emergency physicians in three states that raised the standard for malpractice in the emergency room to gross negligence, researchers found that strong new legal . I dont think my opinion of Rand Paul is relevant here, but Ill provide it anyway: I wouldnt vote for him, but I would probably enjoy him as President because he might *actually* shake things up for once. That matters. << Any unauthorized distribution, dissemination, or reproduction without the express written consent of EZDoctor is prohibited. A better question would be how in the bloody hell did a non-graduate of Baylor get into Duke Medical School? Baylor is hardly one of Americas premier institutes of higher education, and while Duke may have technically allowed admission to those without Bachelors Degrees, I cannot imagine it was a regular occurrence. This was back in the 60s, but he left high school without a degree to start early college. Paul is a trained ophthalmologist who has been practicing since 1993 in Bowling Green, Kentucky. This gets back to the whole idea, does money have to be exchangeable for something to be of value?. U.S. Sen. Rand Paul claimed to be a "board-certified" ophthalmologist on the basis of being certified by a board that he created himself and that he put his wife and father-in-law in charge of. As a result, if someone shows up willing to pay full price, they can often get in as a provisional student even if they wouldnt normally qualify, because even if they dont work out, theyre subsidizing other graduate students. << This is egregiously wrong. Have you seen the way most physicians write? The Reagan tax cuts powered the Clinton economic boom? Republican Sen. Rand Paul, MD, of Kentucky officially announced Tuesday his presidential bid, becoming the second candidate for Republican nomination after Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas. Put a fork into me, I am Done!!!! But its clearly part of a pattern that defines Rand Paul. 9 0 obj Across specialties, 7.4 percent of physicians annually had a claim, and 1.6 percent made an indemnity payment. The real number on Baylor is that its undergraduate 6-year graduation rate is lower than should be expected from its admissions criteria. In an interview with CNN last October, Dr. Paul shared the following comments: "[The Obama administration] has downplayed how transmissible [Ebola] is. As more Americans become newly covered under the Affordable Care Act, the cost of providing automobile insurance, workers compensation, and homeowners insurance may decline. Sorry. /Linearized 1 Which makes people think, 'Oh, it's like AIDS. The AMA cant revoke licenses because it doesnt issue them in the first place. Duke med school was top tier med school since well before Pauls application. /CropBox [-0.0000 -0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] I dont care what specific degree Rand Paul got, MD is close enough to biology major. The interesting thing about these references is that previously Pauls staff has blamed the media for misunderstanding his unusual educational background. First guest, many of the freshman are religious or attend Baylor due to family pressure and the students do not really like the campus. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Aug. 13. Dr. Paul was involved in expanding access to eye care in his community and abroad. "I've heard of many tragic cases of walking, talking, normal children who wound up with profound mental disorders after vaccines," Dr. Paul said, according to CNN. I dont find it particularly surprising that someone could have gotten into an MD program without actually finishing their BS in biology., given good enough test scores, etc, etc. Instead he is "certified" by the National Board of Ophthalmology -- which he founded. >> That said, I have never yet met the person who on occasion hasnt been guilty of uttering a falsehood or 2, a stretching of the truth if you like, or maybe a false memory. Both consider him effectively an alumnus (he goes to reunions and everything) even if hes technically a dropout. In 2013, The Washington Post wrote that Paul continued to present himself as board-certified even though the NBO had been out of business since 2011. /TrimBox [0.0000 0.0000 612.0000 792.0000] Rand Paul: 'Medical Malpractice to Force Vaccines on Children' 445 Jeff Poor 22 Jan 2022 0 1:37 Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) warns mandating vaccines on specific age groups could come back to haunt some institutions because of the risk associated with those age groups. 0000031367 00000 n He studied Biology and English at Baylor for three years before going to and graduating medical school. If he claims to have these credentials. If he were filling out a form which asked whether he was a college graduate, Id expect him to answer in the affirmative. @grumpy realist: Stay on top of the latest RAND research highlights, news, and commentary with the official RAND email newsletter. that further confirms that it is satire," McGowan said. Not exactly an Ivy League but a better than average university. I think they're a good thing. /Size 27 Given the public records describing the state of the NBO, Paul's own statements, his board certification by the ABO until 2005, and the lack of information around how he presents himself today, we rate this claim as a Mixture.. 7 20 Paul has faced two malpractice lawsuits between 1993 and 2010; he was cleared in one case while the other was settled for $50,000. endobj The real interesting question is whether he sat for his board exam in Ophthalmology and did not pass and thus, created his own board. He says he believes increased government interventions drive up the cost of coverage and decrease competition. We reached out to Paul's office to get their response on the above reports and will update this piece if we receive more information.