Lawyer to state: Fund isn't yours
Concord Monitor, NH - Oct 16, 2009
Lawyers for the state and for policyholders of the Joint Underwriting Association's medical malpractice fund argued before the state Supreme Court yesterday over who controls the $110 million sought by Gov. John Lynch and the Legislature to balance the state budget...

Opinion - Donald H. Taylor Jr.: Sticking points for a final bill
The News & Observer, Raleigh, NC - Oct 16, 2009
...The most likely issue on which they could exact influence is medical malpractice reform. The president provided an opening in his September speech to Congress...

Opinion - Patrick Durusau: Medical malpractice reform?
The Covington News, GA - Oct 16, 2009
...If we abolish medical malpractice as we know it, physicians (not the government) would have to develop better ways to discover why "mistakes" happen and ways to prevent them from happening again...

Doctors begin TV ads pressing Congress on Medicare
The Associated Press: Oct 15, 2009
...Meanwhile, two people familiar with a meeting Wednesday among top Senate Democrats, administration officials and members of several doctors' organizations said Reid told physicians at the session to "back off" on another priority — curbing lawsuits for medical malpractice...

Obama official questions need for insurance antitrust exemption
Insurance Journal, CA - Oct 15, 2009
...However, the Department of Justice official stopped short of backing repeal of the insurance exemption for medical malpractice and health insurers, a move that is under consideration in Washington...