Medical fund transfer considered
Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, WI - Jan 15, 2010
The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to decide whether it was legal for lawmakers to use $200 million from a medical malpractice fund to help balance the state budget...

Antitrust exemption targeted
Denver Daily News, CO - Jan 15, 2010
U.S. Sen. Michael Bennet is pushing for a compromise agreement on health care reform to include language that would repeal antitrust exemptions for the health insurance industry...

Missouri Supreme Court hears arguments in medical malpractice limits case
St. Louis Post-Dispatch, MO - Jan 15, 2010
...How seven Missouri Supreme Court judges answer that question could decide whether a 2005 law that limited damage awards in medical malpractice lawsuits is overturned...

Opinion - Paul Carpenter: Tort tiff generates varied views
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Jan 15, 2010
...There is no middle ground when it comes to tort reform, a largely hapless crusade seeking to put a lid on runaway litigation...

Insurer antitrust exemption repeal gets push from 18 Dem senators
National Underwriter, Hoboken, NJ - Jan 14, 2010
...Meanwhile, as part of the insurers lobbying effort against such a move, the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI) placed an advertisement in the tabloid newspaper published in Washington, Politico, warning that including medical liability insurers in such legislation could lead “us into another medical malpractice crisis across the country.”...

Oregon seeks $300,000 tort reform grant
The Lund Report, Portland, OR - Jan 14, 2010
...They’re on a quick timeline to submit the grant, which is due by Jan. 20. If successful, their work will start in 2011. However they face stiff competition since only 12 grants will be awarded nationwide...