Health care reform will test demand for doctors
Patriot-News, Harrisburg, PA - Sep 18, 2009
...Although there has been some relief on the malpractice front, trial lawyers remain a formidable lobby and much more reform is needed, according to Olmstead. Meanwhile, he noted that insurance reimbursements vary by market area in Pennsylvania...

Obama to speed up tort reform tests, but doctors want more
Washington Post, DC - Sep 18, 2009
One day after physicians suffered a pair of setbacks in a health-care bill unveiled by Sen. Max Baucus (D-Mont.), President Obama moved Thursday to ease the pain by accelerating a $25 million program aimed at softening the pinch of medical malpractice lawsuits...

HHS to award safety, liability grants up to $3 million
Modern Healthcare - Sep 17, 2009
...The American Medical Association called the news "a welcome step" toward liability reform...

How Republicans would overhaul the health care system
Centre Daily Times, State College, PA - Sep 17, 2009
...States would get grants to set up alternatives to malpractice lawsuits in the Coburn-Burr-Ryan bill. The alternatives could be review panels or health care tribunals composed of medical experts and lawyers, who'd determine liability...

Washington justices make it easier to file med-mal suits
LegalNewsline, Chicago, IL - Sep 17, 2009
...The Washington Supreme Court today overturned a state law that requires an allegedly injured patient to get a certificate of merit before filing a medical malpractice lawsuit...

State Supreme Court makes malpractice suits easier
The Olympian, Olympia, WA (Associated Press) - Sep 18, 2009
...The high court ruled that the law violates the separation of state powers, saying that allowing the Legislature to set rules about filing a lawsuit “conflicts with the judiciary’s inherent power to set court procedures.”...

Malpractice insurers show profits for fifth year
Missourinet, Jefferson City, MO - Sep 17, 2009
...Insurance companies that provide medical malpractice coverage in Missouri are showing a profit due to fewer claims. The Department of Insurance says this is the fifth consecutive year malpractice insurance companies have returned a profit and shown positive earnings...