Blog Stage Seven: National Government Editorial

        Richard Stayskal is an American Veteran that is currently battling stage three lung cancer. While serving in the military, medics working for the military diagnosed his condition to be a mild form of Pneumonia. However, when Stayskal eventually visited a physician, he was diagnosed with stage three lung cancer, which is wildly different from Pneumonia. Concurrently, he is unable to take action against this doctor because of a document called the Feres doctrine. With this document in current law, I feel the U.S. Government has a monopoly on the healthcare system for people serving our country, and that it almost follows a doctrine that is socialist instead of democratic.
       Due to this law, Stayskal is unable to hold the military doctors accountable in court. He is unable to file a case against these doctors serving him malpractice, yet he is in terminal condition due to the severity of this miscalculation. It is unacceptable for "professionals" to not be held responsible for their actions if they are not in line with what their profession holds. If someone brings their car in to get an inspection due to a knocking noise in their engine, and the mechanic fails to recognize that one of the firing pistons is blown out and instead says the fuel levels need to be changed, the mechanic sure as hell is going to get fired, and possibly sued for misinforming the customer. Likewise, doctors working under Government policy need to be held responsible for their failures, and not be protected by law to not be sued.
       Stayskal is spending the rest of his time with his family, trying to enjoy life before it comes to an end. With a veteran like him being mistreated, it is imperative that this complaint against Government policy gets heard by the American public, and thus inspires a change from this law being one-sided to fair-sided.