Michael Blickman Quoted in The Tennessean: "Inside the COVID ICU: Doctors, Nurses Face More Hostility Than Ever before from Unvaccinated Patients"

Ice Miller LLP partner Michael Blickman was quoted in The Tennessean article, "Inside the COVID ICU: Doctors, Nurses Face More Hostility Than Ever before from Unvaccinated Patients."

The article included:

Medical ethicists, attorneys and advocates say the scramble to care for the surge in unvaccinated patients raises some interesting questions.

Can people who need medical care unrelated to coronavirus sue hospitals if they have to wait for care or surgery because unvaccinated people who have the virus are filling up all of the patient beds? Should unvaccinated people be denied care? Should the unvaccinated pay more for health insurance and treatment? Can unvaccinated people sue hospitals because they think they are being mistreated?

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