The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA (Associated Press) - Apr 23, 2009
...Gov. Ed Rendell is scheduled to discuss medical malpractice reform at a Thursday news conference...
Colorado medical-malpractice bill dies
Denver Business Journal, CO - Apr 22, 2009
...would have made medical-malpractice insurers get prior approval from Colorado’s insurance commissioner before they could raise premiums by more than 5 percent a year...
N.J. hospitals say state can tap $20M in federal funds to avoid charity-care cuts
The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ - Apr 22, 2009
...Grant-Davis said another 100,000 patients are expected to seek health care at the clinics because of job losses and the exodus of obstetricians who can't pay expensive malpractice insurance premiums...
Opinion - Dr. Amar Dave: No, to runway and unfettered legal system in America
Morris Daily Herald, Morris, IL - Apr 22, 2009
...The cost of tort in this great country is more than $300 billion a year. There are 86,000 to 90,000 new medical liability cases filed each year for the last several decades. There has been no reduction in the medical errors due to these massive numbers of medical malpractice cases ...
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