N.H. budget can't use malpractice fund
SeacostOnline.com (Associated Press) - Jul 30, 2009
A judge has rejected the state's claim on a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance...

Judge to NH: Malpractice money isn't yours
Examiner.com - Jul 30, 2009
..."Thus, the State cannot own JUA funds under that theory." The state's actions, she continued, represent both a "taking of property belong to the JUA" and "an impairment of their contract obligations."...

Court ruling throws state budget out of whack
The Citizen, Laconia, NH - Jul 30, 2009
...How the state will deal with the budget deficit created by the ruling remains unknown. But Gov. John Lynch said the state would appeal the decision handed down by a Belknap County Superior Court judge Wednesday...

Deal with 'Blue Dogs' sets up health care vote
The Item, Sumter, SC (Associated Press) - Jul 30, 2009
...The GOP bill also would limit jury awards for pain and suffering, and create new courts with specially trained judges to decide medical malpractice claims...

Congress fails to meet health care deadline
Examiner.com - Jul 30, 2009
...would hold physicians harmless from litigation if they have followed prescribed “best practices.” This proposal is not yet surfaced on Congressional radar screens, but should be considered as a method of reducing the practice of defensive medicine accounting for nine percent or $225 billion in un-necessary expense annually...

RNC Chairman Steele blasts Dem's health care vision as weak
The Post Chronicle, Denville, NJ - Jul 29, 2009
...Having Congress reshape health care puts "the wrong people at the table," Steele said. He said stake holders — "doctors, lawyers, health care employees, insurance companies" — should develop a solution and present it to Congress, rather than the other way around...

Liability insurance rates stabilize in Illinois
American Medical News, Chicago, IL - Jul 29, 2009
...Thousands of Illinois physicians will see their medical liability insurance premiums hold steady again in the 2009-10 policy year after the state's largest carrier announced it would not change base liability insurance rates for the third year in a row...