Seacoastonline.com, Portsmouth, NH – Jul 31, 2009
… The speculation for a special session has been prompted by a Belknap County Superior Court ruling Wednesday that negated a plan to tap $110 million for the state budget from a surplus in the Joint Underwriting Association fund established in 1975 to help doctors find affordable medical malpractice insurance…
Editorial: State employees should take the deal
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH – Jul 31, 2009
…New Hampshire Superior Court Judge Kathleen McGuire's finding that the state cannot take a $110 million from a medical malpractice fund has chopped a giant hole in the state budget. And unless the economy rebounds dramatically, lawmakers will gape at an even bigger deficit next year…
Editorial: Medical tort reform should be part of any health care changes
The Detroit News, MI – Jul 31, 2009
…So far in Congress, attempts to create "special courts" for malpractice claims in the context of health care reform have been met with furious opposition from the lawyers who fund the lawmakers' campaign accounts…
Editorial: Medical practitioners seek tort reform in legislation
The Daily News, Memphis, TN – Jul 31, 2009
…Measures to control malpractice costs have not emerged as a priority in the health care reform legislation moving through Congress, but it’s still at the top of the list for physicians and other providers…
What’s today’s gimmick?
The Dalles Chronicle, Dalles, OR (Associated Press) – Jul 30, 2009
…Several states also found quick cash by raiding off-budget accounts dedicated to specific functions. New Hampshire, for example, is being sued over its decision to grab $110 million from a malpractice insurance fund…
Opinion – Philip K. Howard: Health reform’s taboo topic
The Washington Post, DC – Jul 31, 2009
…Yet the congressional leadership has slammed the door on solutions to the one driver of waste that is relatively easy to fix: the erratic, expensive and time-consuming jury-by-jury malpractice system…
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