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Isn’t this unfair and discriminatory that active duty personnel can’t sue for medical malpractice?

April 26, 2017active discriminatory duty isn’t malpractice medical personnel Sue unfair

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Isn’t this unfair and discriminatory that active duty personnel can’t sue for medical malpractice?

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We believe it is, but the Supreme Court does not. In its original Feres opinion, the Court stated that Congress did not intend to cover active duty personnel under the FTCA because it had already created a generous compensation system to care for injured soldiers under other existing statutes.