Health care leaders pledge $2 trillion in spending cuts
American Medical News, Chicago, IL - May 18, 2009
...In some cases, the organizations connected the savings goals directly to their own priorities. "As we mentioned to the president, if we can have additional liability protection ... then we can achieve even more spending curbs and a reduction in cost," said AMA President-elect J. James Rohack, MD...

State budget showdown looms
Indiana Gazette, Indiana, PA (Associated Press) - May 17, 2009
...Rendell has proposed adding a dime per pack to the cigarette tax rate, diverting money from a fund that pays physicians' malpractice insurance premiums and adding taxes on the sales of other tobacco products, natural gas extraction and health-insurance premiums. Pileggi described them as nuisance taxes that would not raise enough to make much of a difference, given the scale of the problem...

Editorial: Lawsuit reform finally passes through Legislature
The Enid News and Eagle, Enid, OK - May 17, 2009
...The measure just passed, if the state follows through with the secondary damages insurance plan, should bring a reasonable balance to the interests of all involved. In the coming years, it should make it easier for doctors and others to stay in business, and that should benefit all Oklahomans.

Cost a factor in military malpractice bill
United Press International - May 17, 2009
A law professor says he isn't optimistic about Congress's latest attempt to overturn the laws shielding the U.S. military from medical malpractice lawsuits...

Editorial: Dead bills in Carson City
Las Vegas Review-Journal, NV - May 17, 2009
...The caps have started to work. The insurance rates are coming down. Again, lawmakers were wise not to meddle with the expressed will of the people. If the lawyers want the issue revisited, let them go back to the voters at the ballot box...