The Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Jul 28, 2009
...The GOP spending plan also calls for one-time revenue injections, including taking money from the state's Rainy Day fund and dipping into the surplus from a fund that provides state-subsidized malpractice insurance...
Malpractice fund ruling due
SeacoastOnline.com, NH (Associated Press) - Jul 28, 2009
...A judge is expected to rule this week whether New Hampshire can take $110 million from a malpractice insurance fund to balance the state budget...
House Democratic leaders: No health vote before August recess
CNN - Jul 28, 2009
..Republicans oppose a government-funded option and any requirement for employers to provide coverage. They also call for limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, which Democrats don't favor...
High costs of care and insurance don't add up to health care reform plan
Bluefield Daily Telegraph, Bluefield, WV - Jul 28, 2009
...There are also: tests and procedures done as defensive medicine; malpractice insurance for doctors that costs tens of thousands a year; costs from excessive malpractice awards and frivolous lawsuits...
Opinion - Drs. Gerald B. Healy Wellesley and Edward M. Copeland III: Obama's unkind cut at doctors
The Boston Globe, MA - Jul 28, 2009
...Reimbursement for surgery has fallen steadily for the past several years, while malpractice premiums and office costs have risen....
Vets affected by VA hospital errors to file claims
The Associated Press - Jul 27, 2009
...Sheppard said he will file medical malpractice and emotional distress claims with the VA within 30 to 45 days. He said veterans and veterans' relatives who have contacted him by phone from Florida and elsewhere likely have sought out other attorneys...
Many patients lack information on lab results
The Clinical Advisor, New York, NY - Jul 27, 2009
...testing-related mistakes can lead to serious diagnostic errors. Failures to inform patients of abnormal results are common and legally indefensible factors in malpractice claims.”...
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