The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS - Dec 15, 2009
Once again, trial lawyers and the state's business and medical interests are at odds over a wrongful death lawsuit and disagree over whether the state's tort reforms over the last decade are being undermined...
Bill would limit rate hikes for medical malpractice insurance
The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ - Dec 14, 2009
The Senate Commerce Committee today approved a bill to limit how much medical-malpractice insurance rates can increase year to year...
Blagojevich signed caps on damages bill into law
The Record, Edwardsville, IL - Dec 14, 2009
More than four years since medical malpractice reform was enacted in Illinois, stakeholders anxiously await a state Supreme Court decision on its constitutionality...
Opinion - Nint Weiss: No hasty health care reform
Forbes.com - Dec 14, 2009
...What of tort reform? Under pressure, President Obama said he is willing to let the states look into it, but the House bill's federal funding to support states that conduct "medical liability alternative" studies is only available if these experimental projects do not "limit attorneys' fees or impose caps on damages." ...
Opinion - J.G. Preston: Insurance companies reap benefits of medical negligence caps
California Progress Report - Dec 14, 2009
...Medical malpractice insurance companies continue to raise premiums even as their payouts go down. At the same time, there is no correlation between the cost of malpractice premiums that physicians pay, and the cost of health care insurance for individuals...
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