The Williamsport Sun-Gazette, PA – Dec 30, 2009
… lawmakers voted to raid the Mcare fund used to help pay malpractice costs for doctors. If those dollars disappear, it means the health system will dig deeper into its own pocket to help cover malpractice for its 107 physicians…
Trial lawyers sidestep malpractice curbs with blitz in Congress
BusinessWeek – Dec 30, 2009
U.S. Senate staff members arriving at work by subway this month were greeted by signs proclaiming that “98,000 patients may die” through medical malpractice…
N.C. includes more disciplinary actions in physician profiles
American Medical News, Chicago, IL – Dec 30, 2009
…The disciplinary information, which physicians and physician assistants are required to report, make North Carolina's physician profiles among the most comprehensive in the nation…
Opinion – J. Richard Goldstein, MD: Assure adequate supply of physicians in New Jersey
The Times of Trenton, NJ – Dec 30, 2009
… The American Medical Association lists our state as one of the least desirable places in the country to practice medicine. Our tort environment is just one reason we are near the top of that dubious list…
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