'I'm sorry': Why is that so hard for doctors to say?
American Medical News, Chicago, IL - Feb 1, 2010
...Most insurers discourage doctors from apologizing for fear it could hurt them in court, and lawyers often advise against it...

Editorial: JUA decision means it's time to tighten the budget belt
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, NH - Feb 1, 2010
...In proposing the last-ditch effort to use JUA money to balance the budget, there was at least a tacit admission that the efforts to tax the state's way through the recession had bottomed out...

Opinion - Janet Trautwein: Medical liability system must change
The Boston Globe, MA - Feb 1, 2010
...Fixing the medical-liability system will not only keep health costs in check, it will expand patients’ access to care...

Editorial: Property protected: The JUA's significance
The Union Leader, Manchester, NH - Jan 31, 2010
...The New Hampshire Supreme Court's Thursday ruling refuting the state's claim to $110 million sitting in a private medical malpractice fund has ramifications far beyond the current state budget...

Malpractice cases drop, but views on why differ
The Des Moines Register, IA - Jan 31, 2010
Iowa patients are suing their doctors for malpractice half as often as they used to, which has helped drive down malpractice-insurance premiums for many physicians...

Lawmakers not expected to mull malpractice reform
The Des Moines Register, IA - Jan 31, 2010
Medical malpractice reform is a perennial issue at the Iowa Legislature, but it probably won't get much airing at the Statehouse this spring...

Opinion - Lola Spradley: Sensible health care reform now possible
The Pueblo Chieftan, CO - Jan 31, 2010
...we need to have lawsuit reform so that doctors do not have to practice defensive medicine by ordering additional tests and procedures just to avoid lawsuits. We need to make sure that patients have the right to compensation for true medical malpractice without all of us paying for unneeded care...

Malpractice risk affects doctors' hours
St. Louis Globe-Democrat, MO (United Press International) - Jan 30, 2010
The number of hours physicians spend on the job each week is influenced by the fear of malpractice lawsuits, U.S. researchers say...

Editorial: Waiting for the court
Chicago Tribune, IL - Jan 29, 2010
...This put a welcome restraint on the "jackpot justice" system of medical malpractice in Illinois, which was particularly egregious in Cook County and downstate Madison County. We remind you of this history because the fate of this law is still in doubt...