Crain's New York Business, New York, NY - Aug 3, 2009
...One way to limit the number of malpractice suits in New York is to make its regulations match those of other states, says a consultant. New York is one of only 13 states that allow lawsuits to proceed regardless of the degree to which physician negligence allegedly caused a patient’s injury...
Litigation screening panels on trial
American Medical News, Chicago, IL - Aug 3, 3009
..Indiana is one of about 20 states using prelitigation review panels, which proponents tout as a way to temper medical liability costs by weeding out frivolous claims and encouraging early settlement of valid cases. The concept has faced resistance from critics who say it unnecessarily and unfairly drags out the legal process...
Opinion - Philip K. Howard: Medical tort reform could save billions
The News Journal, New Castle, DE - Aug 3, 2009
...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...
Editorial: Face it, Governor, you need a 'Plan B'
Concord Monitor, Concord, NH - Aug 3, 2009
...It's a shame that lawmakers a generation ago didn't show more wisdom when creating the malpractice fund. Instead of setting it up as a mutual fund, which pays dividends to members, they should have made it clear that any surplus would go to the state. Unfortunately, that's not what the law says...
Editorial: Where is Plan B? Lynch remains silent
Union Leader, Manchester, NH - Aug 3, 2009
...No one would be talking about these new taxes had Gov. John Lynch announced a Plan B in case his scheme to snatch that malpractice fund money failed. But to date we have heard no such offering from the governor's office. If he has a plan, he's keeping it a secret...
Editorial: Big budget gamble looking like a loser
Nashua Telegraph, NH - Aug 2, 2009
...The only card the state is holding is the tax-exempt status it has granted the JUA since its inception. While that tax exemption may not make the insurance program a state agency, it does give rise to the state’s claim on the program’s surplus...
Editorial: Court was right to keep state's hands of JUA funds
The Citizen, Laconia, NH - Aug 2, 2009
...The real problem here is not thievery. It is that the governor and a majority in the Legislature are trying to use this money for something quite different from that intended when the Medical Malpractice Joint Underwriting Association was established in 1975...
Opinion - Dr. Robert E. Prichard: Incremental reforms best on health care
Gloucester County Times, NJ - Aug 2, 2009
...The fear of lawsuits has resulted in very high malpractice insurance premiums; many doctors leaving high risk fields such as obstetrics, anesthesiology, neurosurgery, and emergency medicine; and many doctors ordering unnecessary tests to cover themselves in case they are sued. I believe legislation could be passed within a year reducing the malpractice cost by at least $75 billion...
Opinion - Tim Semelroth: Limiting rights of injured patients is bogus
The Des Moines Register, IA - Aug 2, 2009
...There is no evidence that limiting the rights of injured patients will have a meaningful impact on the rising cost of health care, or the plight of the uninsured. As medical-industry lobbyists ride into Washington peddling the dubious remedy of medical negligence "reform," our elected representatives should recognize it for what it is - snake oil.
Opinion - Tim Ackarman: Fixing the health care mess (My Turn)
Globe Gazette, Mason City, IA - Jul 31, 2009
...Tort reform would further lower costs and increase revenue. Malpractice lawsuits would still be allowed, with injured patients recovering lost wages and medical expenses. Compensation for pain and suffering would be capped, while punitive damages would be awarded to the government to help fund Mediversal...
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