Opinion - James B. Dolan: Doctors: Less red tape, more focus on patients
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Dec 11, 2009
,,,Another critical flaw in the legislation is that it does not address medical liability reform, an essential cost-containment element that has been shown to significantly lower health-care costs...

Factbox - U.S. Senate action on health bill amendments
Reuters - Dec 10, 2009
...A measure by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Democrat, and 18 other senators that would repeal federal antitrust law exemptions for the health insurance and medical malpractice insurance industries that have existed since 1945...

Senators talk schedule; CBO eyes medical malpractice
National Underwriter, Hoboken, NJ - Dec 10, 2009
...The CBO now believes tort reform could cut malpractice insurance costs 10%, Elmendorf writes. Earlier, the CBO had estimated the reduction would be about 6%...

Legislatures cap damages: Minorities, union workers hardest hit
PointofLaw.com - Dec 10 2009
One of the pending cases in five states challenging medical damage caps is Klotz v. Shapiro before the Supreme Court of Missouri...