Rendell budget meeting with lawmakers ends inconclusively
The Delaware County Daily Times, Primos, PA - Sep 14, 2009
...The tentative budget agreement would draw $2.1 billion from one-time sources such as the state's "rainy day" contingency fund and an account that helps doctors pay malpractice premiums...

Editorial: Obama smart to put tort reform on table
The Jackson Sun, Jackson, TN - Sep 14, 2009
...When it comes to reforming health care in America, there should be no sacred cows that would not be subject to review and reform. It makes sense for Obama to put malpractice reform on the table for review. This has been a long-standing thorn in the side of conservatives, and they are right to demand it be reviewed and changed if their case can be made.

Med mal remarks draw tepid response
Business Insurance, New York, NY - Sep 14, 2009
Comments made by President Obama last week touching on medical malpractice reform yielded a lukewarm response from tort reform advocates and the plaintiffs bar...

Obama pledges to 'own' health-care bill
Wall Street Journal, NY - Sep 13, 2009
...Signaling that he is only willing to compromise so much on the issue, Mr. Obama on Sunday said he didn't support caps on payments. "So far the evidence I've seen is that caps will not" reduce costs, he said...

On "60 Minutes," Obama predicts health care will succeed
The Washington Post, DC - Sep 13, 2009
...He said he remained open to any ideas that could lead to a compromise - but only if they led to cost savings. In fact, he said he was not convinced that putting caps on malpractice lawsuit judgments, an idea popular with Republicans, would meet that test...

Opinion - Dan Margolies: Would tort reform make a difference?
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Sep 13, 2009
...Few causes in the health-care debate draw more support than tort reform - the idea of reining in frivolous lawsuits that lead to unjust cash awards, soaring malpractice premiums, and "defensive medicine," the unnecessary tests ordered by doctors to avoid being sued...

Opinion - Philip K. Howard: The menu of malpractice reforms
The Atlantic, New York, NY - Sep 13, 2009
...A range of malpractice reform proposals will probably be considered over the next few weeks, and it's probably useful to catalog them, and identify the advantages of each. All of these reforms have significant merit, but special health courts are by far the most important in reducing defensive medicine...

Editorial: Malpractice reform can help build a better health system
The Boston Globe, MA - Sep 13, 2009
...The medical malpractice system is not the eight-cylinder driver of health costs that its most full-throated critics claim it to be, but it is dysfunctional....

Editorial: An unhelpful opposition
The Milford Daily News, Milford, MA - Sep 13, 2009
...Efforts to reform the fee-for-service system for physicians have been reduced to pilot programs. Malpractice reform is getting the same pilot program treatment...

Health care reform: President Barack Obama's overture on medical malpractice litigation sparks movement in Congress
Chicago Tribune, IL (Associated Press) - Sep 12, 2009
...The possibility that malpractice changes could be part of health care legislation that suddenly seems to have better chances of passing has sent doctors and trial lawyers scrambling...

Editorial: Without tort reform, there should be no health overhaul
The Tribune Democrat, Johnstown, PA - Sep 11, 2009
...No one has been talking about litigation reform – an issue that is central to improving the cost of health care and access to treatment...