SeacoastOnline.com, Portsmouth, NH (Associated Press) - Aug 6. 2009
...New Hampshire has appealed a lower court ruling denying its claim to a $110 million surplus in a fund that underwrites malpractice insurance. But legislative leaders insisted Wednesday the fight over access to the funds would not create a budget crisis...
Doctors and state ready for Round 2
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH - Aug 6, 2009
...The attorney general's office asked the court to expedite proceedings in the state's case against doctors insured by the New Hampshire Joint Underwriting Association, writing in a court filing that the Legislature will need time to weigh alternative budget solutions...
Many prefer the JUA over other options
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH - Aug 6, 2009
..."Once you go through a failure of an insurance company like PHICO, which up until almost two months before they failed everyone said was fine - and then they fail and leave you hanging - it's a terrible place to be," Buchanan said. "With the JUA, it doesn't seem like a worry."...
Skeleton budget will pay state workers
Post-Gazette, Pittsburgh, PA - Aug 6, 2009
...In addition to the $24 billion in state funds for fiscal 2009-10, the state expects about $2.4 billion in federal stimulus funds and an undetermined amount of revenue from sources such as the $750 million Rainy Day Fund, a $700 million surplus in a fund that pays for doctors' malpractice premiums, a delay in phasing out a tax on businesses' assets...
Editorial: Tax cut for trial lawyers
Washington Times, DC - Aug 6, 2009
...But when it comes to sharing in the cost of health care reform, the lawyers are off-limits. President Obama is against capping malpractice awards to reflect actual damage done to patients. He is against doing away with strict liability rules, which means doctors or medical companies still can be held liable for a bad outcome even if they do not create the problem...
Opinion - Louis Vitale: Health care reform -- fact or fantasy?
The Macon County News, Franklin, NC - Aug 6, 2009
...What about all those lawyers suing negligence doctors and driving up medical costs? Texas which has practically eliminated medical malpractice suits has some of the highest medical costs in the country...
Opinion: Philip K. Howard: Health reform's taboo topic
Yonkers Tribune, NY - Aug 5, 2009
...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. Pilot projects could test whether this system should be replaced with expert health courts, but leaders who say they want to cut costs will not even consider them...
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