SeacostOnline.com, Portsmouth, NH (Associated Press) - Jul 1, 2009
...On Monday, a judge froze $110 million in a malpractice insurance fund the state planned to use toward balancing the budget for 2009 and the budget Lynch signed Tuesday. The state set up the fund to ensure that affordable malpractice insurance would be available...
Budget signed: 950 state workers could lose jobs
The Union Leader, Manchester, NH - Jul 1, 2009
...The $11.5 billion package is balanced with the help of $110 million in surplus at the Joint Underwriting Association, a medical malpractice insurance pool for health care providers. A Belknap County Superior Court judge froze the funds Monday, blocking the state from taking them until she rules on a lawsuit brought by JUA members...
Editorial: Health care lawsuits
The Washington Times, DC - Jul 1, 2009
...If Mr. Obama is serious about making health care less expensive, he will have to fix the liability system. That means taking on his own kind - the lawyers. That's not a very likely remedy.
Docs speak out on health care reform
Ambler Gazette, Fort Washington, PA - Jun 30, 2009
...“Malpractice reform must be a key element of any reform. We need to resolve conflicts in a different fashion,” Montgomery County Medical Society President Mark Lopatin agreed...
Medical liability insurer dropping rates by 11% in Texas
Insurance Journal, CA - Jun 30, 2009
...Austin, Texas-based medical professional liability insurer, Medicus Insurance Company (Medicus) has announced an overall 11 percent rate decrease for its insureds in Texas...
Opinion - John Stossel's Take: Epstein's reform proposal
ABC News - Jun 30, 2009
...Let's do away with all medical malpractice suits. Replace them with criminal penalties for deliberate or wanton malpractice."...
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