Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Feb 12, 2010
...Republicans do this by making it easier to buy insurance across state lines, imposing strict limits on medical malpractice lawsuits and allowing small businesses to pool their resources to buy insurance as a big group...
Democrats skeptical health care summit is answer
ABC News (Associated Press) - Feb 12, 2010
...Another is that Democrats find a way to incorporate some Republican proposals, such as curbs on medical malpractice lawsuits, into legislation. Then they'd essentially call Republicans' bluff by forcing them to vote on it...
Lynch says $140m in spending must be cut
Nashua Telegraph, Hudson, NH - Feb 12, 2010
...the Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional the move to balance the current budget with $110 million in surplus of the Joint Underwriting Association that supplies medical malpractice or liability insurance coverage to some doctors, hospitals and other providers...
Lynch tells agencies to plan for cuts
Concord Monitor, NH - Feb 12, 2010
...Lynch said the shortfalls were due mainly to three factors: lagging revenue, the Supreme Court's recent decision that the state could not take $110 million from a medical malpractice fund, and increased demand for health and human services...
APCapital earnings slide 16.2 percent
Lansing State Journal, MI - Feb 12, 2010
American Physicians Capital Inc.'s profit dropped 16.2 percent in the fourth quarter. The medical liability insurer reported Thursday it earned $9.7 million, or 95 cents per share for the quarter that ended in December 2009...
Reform group spotlights insurance industry profits
The Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY - Feb 11, 2010
...A health care bill proposed by House Republicans could lower premiums on the individual market by as much as 8 percent, but for reasons that could be both good and bad for consumers. For example, a proposed limit on medical malpractice awards could lower premiums without affecting the scope of coverage or who gets it...
Hot-potato legislation seeks fair hearing
Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake CIty, UT - Feb 11, 2010
After a few detours, a controversial bill that would cap medical malpractice awards for pain and suffering at $250,000 is now headed to the Senate Natural Resources committee for discussion and public input...
Throwing insurance reform out with the bath water
Illinois TImes, Springfield, IL - Feb 11, 2010
...because the law contains an “inseverability clause” that specifies the entire law is voided if any part is struck down, several other rules have been struck down along with the award caps. That includes requirements that insurance companies report to the state their profits, investment income, premium rates and a variety of other benchmarks used to determine whether the companies charge fair rates...
Opinion - Keith Forman: Thoughts on the overturning of Illinois' med mal cap
The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD - Feb 11, 2010
...Regardless of what happens in the Freed case, I expect to see many similar challenges to state caps in the near future as a result of the unprecedented decision of the Illinois Supreme Court last week.
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