Health Impact News Editor Comments: We reported in January that the new influx of healthcare facilities making the flu shot mandatory for their employees is NOT motivated by patient safety, but by financial considerations in being reimbursed for Medicare and Medicaid due to new quotas in the “Affordable Healthcare Act,” more popularly known as […]
by Zvi Howard Abramson
US National Library of Medicine
National Institutes of Health
Abstract
Background and Methods. Vaccination of all healthcare workers is widely recommended by health authorities and medical institutions and support for mandatory vaccination is increasing. This paper presents the relevant literature and examines the evidence for patient benefit from healthcare worker vaccination. Articles identified by Medline […]
by Alan G. Phillips, J.D
There are two distinct components to situations where vaccines are mandated. First, determine what your rights actually are (which is often confused with what you think your rights should be). Second, if you don’t like the status of your rights, you must take legislative steps to change them.
In my experience, most hospitals’ religious […]
