Rendell: Malpractice declining across Pa.
The Republican-Herald, Pottsville, PA - Apr 24, 2009
Pointing to signs that Pennsylvania’s medical malpractice crisis is over, Gov. Ed Rendell said Thursday he doesn’t think it is necessary to continue subsidizing malpractice costs for doctors....

Rendell says medical malpractice insurance continues to show signs of significant improvement
Gant Daily, Clearfield, PA - Apr 24, 2009
...“Our actions have worked. Thanks to thoughtful legislative reforms passed in 2002, along with aggressive judicial and administrative reforms implemented since then, the number of malpractice cases being filed and the cost of malpractice insurance continue to drop.” ...

Malpractice suits fall in Pa., easing insurance crisis
The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Apr 24, 2009
..."The results have been extraordinarily impressive in abating the malpractice insurance crisis," Rendell said at a news conference. He also said the decline had helped retain doctors and attract malpractice insurance providers. Because of the success, he said, he will not seek to renew the state-funded insurance subsidy program for doctors, known as MCARE...

Fewer medical lawsuits in PA
WHYY Radio, Philadelphia, PA - Apr 24, 2009
...The governor says legislative and court reforms have decreased the number of malpractice claims by 41 percent from earlier in the decade...

Editorial: Undoing the will of the people
Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV - Apr 24, 2009
...Using disingenuous arguments that those infected with hepatitis in the recent colonoscopy scandals won't be fully compensated (in fact, compensation for provable economic damages was never capped), the lawmakers now propose to eliminate those caps, a transparent favor to trial lawyers who use "pain and suffering" awards to jack up their take...

Medical malpractice bill flies through legislature before being killed
Face the State, Denver, CO - Apr 23, 2009
...House Bill 1344, sponsored by Rep. Christine Scanlan, D-Dillon, would have raised the caps on non-economic damages in medical liability cases from $300,000 to $460,000. The bill's opponents claimed this change would have raised malpractice insurance rates by seven to 10 percent...