American Medical News, Chicago, IL - Jun 8, 2009
...The legislation, signed May 21, places a $400,000 cap on noneconomic damages in various types of civil liability cases, including medical liability suits...
Florida is second in nation for C-sections
South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Fort Lauderdale, FL - Jun 8, 2009
...There are medical malpractice fears. Obstetricians and hospitals in litigious South Florida order C-sections for any irregularity before or during labor, doctors and researchers said...
ProMutual to takeover FinCor, subsidiaries
Insurance Business Review, London, England - Jun 8, 2009
Medical Professional Mutual Insurance Company (ProMutual) has entered into a definitive agreement with FinCor Holdings (FinCor), a medical liability insurer and integrated risk management firm...
Diagnosis: A shortage of doctors
Sunday News, Lancaster, PA - Jun 7, 2009
...The supply of doctors in Pennsylvania has been a contentious political issue. A predicted physician shortage was cited as an argument for medical malpractice reform earlier this decade, when malpractice rates soared by as much as 150 percent...
Eachus seen as key in Pa. health care discussions
The Citizens Voice, Wilkes-Barre, PA - Jun 7, 2009
...Finding a compromise may lie in how much money is available in the state “health care provider retention fund,” created in 2003 with revenues from a state cigarette tax hike to subsidize physicians’ medical malpractice costs. The Rendell administration stopped the subsidy last year...
Medical-malpractice suits drop sharply; experts dispute why
Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ - Jun 7, 2009
...Ten years ago, 171 medical-malpractice suits were filed in Pima County. Last year the number fell to 65, a decline of 62 percent...
Opinion - Travis Akin: Lawmakers punt on lawsuit reform, again
Madison County Record, Edwardsville, IL - Jun 7, 2009
...Cleary, Illinois' status as the "Lawsuit Abuse Capital of the Midwest" is costing our state dearly, which is why it was so important for lawmakers to pass common sense lawsuit reform legislation such as a measure to establish reasonable guidelines for where a lawsuit can be filed...
Groups spar over malpractice costs
Press & Sun-Bulletin, Binghampton, NY - Jun 6, 2009
A government watchdog group Friday called on the state to take a closer look at the reason behind soaring medical liability insurance costs in New York...
Opinion - Dale Davenport: Health care costs are bankrupting nation
The Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Jun 6, 2009
...We talked often with principals of the health-care system, including providers, insurers, pharmaceutical manufacturers -- and lawyers. You can't discount the cost of malpractice, including the insurance and the expense of litigation...
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