Bucks County Courier Times, Levittown, PA - May 21, 2009
...One reason the state has trouble attracting doctors is its high malpractice insurance premiums and its low payments from private and government health insurers, health experts said. Wages are another factor in Pennsylvania and elsewhere...
O'Malley signs bills to keep doctors in Maryland
The Frederick News-Post, MD - May 21, 2009
...Maryland law does not limit the amount patients can claim for pain and suffering. Doctors practicing in states that have instituted such caps have more manageable malpractice insurance costs and are at lower risk of being bankrupted by a lawsuit, Vitarello said. These states have waiting lists of doctors seeking licenses, he said...
Opinion - Russell Turk, MD: Health Care Reform Now: The current system emphasizes quantity over quality
Daily Finance (AOL) - May 20, 2009
...Over the years, doctors have learned that it's better to go overboard and do extensive and costly workups to rule out the possibility of a serious problem rather than missing something that leads to a bad outcome, and risk a medical malpractice lawsuit...
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