Cigarette-tax hike has smokers in Berks smoldering
Reading Eagle, Reading, PA - Mar 24, 2009
...State tobacco taxes are now distributed among the state's children's health insurance program, a medical liability insurance assistance fund, farmland preservation and the general fund...

House panel to weigh military malpractice bill
The Times Herald Record, Middletown, NY - Mar 24, 2009
..The bill would supplant a 1950 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that bars military members and their families from suing the military for negligent medical care given during their service. It is called the Feres Doctrine...

Mexico the new dental destination
Chicago Tribune, IL - Mar 24, 2009
..Experts say one reason for the cost disparity is that U.S. providers must guard against devastating malpractice lawsuits by securing expensive insurance—costs that are passed on to the consumer...

Doctor prescribes fix for health care
The Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT - Mar 23, 2009
..Doctors are often forced to order expensive tests that may be unnecessary and may even be harmful in order to protect themselves from malpractice suits, or because the patient demands them, or because they are recommended screenings that aren't the lifesavers patients may think...

Opinion - Deane Waldman: Why are health care costs so high? What should we do?
The Huffington Post, NY - Mar 23, 2009
...To state that more clearly, the true costs of anything in healthcare - hernia repair; HIPAA compliance; medical errors - are unknown. All of the nine cost categories are real, significant, but not precisely quantified....

Opinion - Travis Akin: Illinois' medical liability reform law keeps on working
The Record, Edwardsville, IL - Mar 22, 2009
...Despite these successes, the Illinois Supreme Court could overturn the medical malpractice reform law in the near future. No one can accurately predict what the Court will do, but the last thing Illinois needs is another healthcare crisis...