Tort reform bill hailed as a cure for doctors' ills
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK - Apr 1, 2009
...HB 1603 includes several changes to how doctors, insurers and businesses are treated in lawsuits. Senate President Pro Tempore Glenn Coffee, R-Oklahoma City, said reforms to the state’s civil justice system would aid economic development and cut costs to medical doctors for malpractice insurance...

Physicians voice approval for civil justice measure
The Journal Record, Oklahoma City, OK - Apr 1, 2009
...“We’re here to show you the crisis,” said Eli Reshef, an obstetrician-gynecologist practicing in Oklahoma City. Reshef said Tuesday’s press conference was arranged in response to the lobbying efforts of trial lawyers in the past few weeks...

Opinion - Dr. Steven Bergin: State wrong to raid patients' fund
Wausau Daily Herald, WI - Apr 1, 2009
...We believe the money in the fund was not the state's to take, and the raid eroded the financial integrity of this essential safeguard. Because the fund provides stability to the medical liability environment, erosion of its assets is likely to have a strong negative impact on the recruitment and retention of quality health care professionals in Wisconsin...

Tuesday at the N.C. General Assembly (March 31) - Doctors ordered
Star-News, Wilmington, NC (Associated Press) - Mar 31, 2009
...The House voted 115-0 in favor of a solution to a dispute pitting physicians with their state regulator over how much information about malpractice judgments and settlements to make public...

Bill would include patients in Nevada physician discipline process
Reno Gazette, NV - Mar 31, 2009
...The bill would also call for a voluntary "remediation agreement" between the board and doctors on complaints or risky behavior that don't meet the criteria for malpractice...