it ain’t what it seems
Senators Claire Ayer and Harold Giard of (both D-Addison) have cosponsored a bill to provide free health care to illegal immigrants, specifically in the farming and food service sectors. During an interview with Vermont Public Radio Luz Felix-Marquez, a UVM medical student who helped establish a mobile health clinic for the farmworkers, said: “And it’s [...]
According to an AP story, a Maine man sold some drugs to the cops, then bought a winning lottery ticket with the proceeds. He was busted a few minutes later, and the ticket confiscated. In this case, there can be no doubt that the ticket was bought with ill-gotten gains, and the court will most likely [...]
The Vermont Association of Hospitals and Health Systems recently announced a new policy not to seek payments from patients or insurers for obvious medical errors. Among the mistakes that hospitals won’t charge for are surgery on the wrong patient, surgery on the wrong body part and retention of a foreign object in the body. No [...]
The government filed an unopposed motion for a stay (temporary cessation of activity) in the Lambda Iota fraternity house forfeiture case, and Judge Sessions recently granted it. In support of its motion the government stated that “Investigation into additional activities and/or members of the conspiracy is ongoing…” and “deponents in the civil case will likely include [...]
The Burlington Free Press reported on October 27th that the Vermont U.S. Attorney’s Office had filed papers for the civil forfeiture of the Lambda Iota fraternity house on Pearl St. in Burlington because a few fraternity members were allegedly selling drugs, and two members of the Board of Governors were among the customers. (The article [...]