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Guidant faces a lawsuit over defective defibrillators - however this one is not from patients, but from twenty Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans, which must bear the consequences of increased health costs for those harmed. 
 
Patients whose internal defibrillators have been recalled face a sobering dilemma: have the device replaced, or leave it in. Replacing the defibrillator actually carried a higher risk because of surgical complications, but either way, the patient faces increased medical monitoring and health care costs. 
 
The plaintiffs in this lawsuit say Guidant knew about the defect for three years before it issued a recall and in that time, many devices were implanted that should not have been. 
 

20 insurers sue over defective defibrillators

The News-Press - 6/2/2006 11:53 AM

When countless Southwest Florida heart patients received a letter last year informing them that their Guidant defibrillators were defective, they rushed to their doctors hoping for a replacement.
 
But, they’ve learned that changing the devices can be even more dangerous.
 
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