Los Angeles Times, CA - Jan 19, 2010
...Critics, especially Republicans and doctors, had long complained that the medical malpractice system showered huge fees on attorneys, did little for ordinary Americans and added billions of dollars in costs...
Opinion - Jon Healey: What does it mean to 'start over' in healthcare reform?
Los Angeles Times, CA - Jan 19, 2010
...Malpractice insurance premiums have risen sharply over the past 20 years, so they certainly are a factor in healthcare inflation. But it's not clear that damage caps will rein them in...
Opinion - Matthew P. McCauley: Reforms reduced cost of liability insurance, and lowered cost of care
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Jan 19, 2010
...As a result of the 2005 reforms, the cost of professional liability (medical malpractice) insurance for doctors in Missouri is down from the punishing levels reached early in the last decade. Doctors no longer fear that the cost of insurance will force them to limit the sorts of treatments they provide or consider relocating...
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