2009-09-10 Did You Wonder Why Boustany Gave The Republican Rebuttal

• when: 2009/09/10 (2009/09/10)
• author: Susie Madrak
• source: Crooks and Liars
• topics: Charles Boustany US/healthcare/reform/2009 video US/pol/Republican US/pol/Republican/bedfellows malpractice Louisiana Medical Review Panel
• URL: http://crooksandliars.com/susie-madrak/did-you-wonder-why-boustany-gave-repu
• title: Did You Wonder Why 'Lord' Boustany Gave The Republican Rebuttal? Maybe Because He's Been Sued For Malpractice So Many Times.
• summary: «I think "Doctor" Boustany (as he prefers to be called) is an interesting choice for the GOP rebuttal. After all, not only does he seem to enjoy seeking legal redress for some colorful problems, he's also been the defendant in at least eight malpractice suits.»

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Congressman Charles Boustany's more colorful lawsuits suing con artists who told him he could become a British Lord and suing a construction company for "mental anguish" over a pool resurfacing job shouldn't overshadow the fact that Boustany has been sued for medical malpractice by eight patients.

Boustany was found at fault by the Louisiana Medical Review Panel twice – including a two-year old child Boustany performed an unnecessary and debilitating heart operation on and a woman whose right leg was amputated as the result of complications from surgery – and patients were awarded damages totaling nearly $2 million.

...and this was the man giving the GOP's position on healthcare reform, mind you.</let>