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http://www.armytimes.com/news/2012/...n-troops-legal-rights-feres-doctrine-013112w/
Just in case you really were confused and thought that the Government cares about you. The Feres Doctrine may be long standing but it doesn't mean that it is right, ethical or even logical. It's one thing to protect caregivers making emergency decisions under the stress and time compression of combat medical care, but the doctrine has protected the Government for 60 years from assuming responsibility for negligence in almost any circumstance if committed on an active duty service member. Now they are asserting that same privilege for dependants as well:
Just in case you really were confused and thought that the Government cares about you. The Feres Doctrine may be long standing but it doesn't mean that it is right, ethical or even logical. It's one thing to protect caregivers making emergency decisions under the stress and time compression of combat medical care, but the doctrine has protected the Government for 60 years from assuming responsibility for negligence in almost any circumstance if committed on an active duty service member. Now they are asserting that same privilege for dependants as well:
"For decades, federal law has barred troops from suing the government for any injuries they suffer as a result of malpractice in military medical facilities, no matter how negligent or egregious the error.
Now government lawyers in Florida are seeking to expand that restriction to include the spouses and children of service members...
The U.S. attorney for Florida’s Middle District is arguing that the suit should be dismissed regardless of whether Navy doctors made medical errors because troops should not be allowed to sue for negligent care provided to their dependents...."