This week's news items lead off with a story from the New York Times business section looking at the increased cost of healthcare affecting many Americans while the Congress tries to bailout billionaires on Wall Street.

Next up, a look at two EMS discipline items in the news.  One, a cautionary tale about how you can't expect your company to stand behind you in the face of funding your retirement.  You might just get fired like an Arizona paramedic did.  He was let go just 6 months short of his retirement following a 2 year suspension while appealing the wording of a disciplinary action in his file.

The second story follows up on a story covered here at the beginning of the year when a 24 year old woman was erroneously pronounced dead at the scene of a motor vehicle accident.  Following a final investigation, the two senior paramedics on the scene who failed to follow up on initial responders findings as additional resources arrived have been suspended for 6 months and assigned additional continuing education training.  Double, triple, quadruple check those DOAs, folks!

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