The Mercury, Pottstown, PA - Jun 10, 2009
...Any health care plan which does not include tort reform as "the" central component is not to be taken seriously. While the outright regulation of attorney fees would be premature, a good start would be the adoption of "Loser Pays" tort reform and the replacement of juries with panels comprised of judges...
Obama looking at McAllen healthcare costs
The Monitor, McAllen, TX - Jun 10, 2009
...When the New Yorker published its article last month, McAllen doctors were irate. Most said the piece failed to address how the high proportion of indigent patients and doctors' fear of malpractice lawsuits help to drive up costs...
Opinion - Froma Harrop: A medical lesson from McAllen, Texas
Dallas Morning News, TX - Jun 9, 2009
...Actually, it's home to few medical malpractice suits, thanks to a Texas law that caps pain-and-suffering awards...
Oklahoma revamps civil court rules
Cortlandt Forum, New York, NY - Jun 9, 2009
Oklahoma has overhauled its procedures for medical malpractice lawsuits, reinstating pretrial certificates of merit and limiting most pain-and-suffering damages...
Reforms cited for dramatic caseload decline
Cortlandt Forum, New York, NY - Jun 9, 2009
The number of medical malpractice cases has plunged in Pennsylvania since the state changed two procedures. State statistics report 1,602 cases were filed in 2008, a 41% decline from the base years of 2000-2002...
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