Senate's 10-year health fix would cost $856B
Silver City Sun-News, Silver City, NM (Associated Press) - Sep 17, 2009
...The legislation makes no changes in medical malpractice laws. It does incorporate Obama's call for federal funds for state experiments on alternatives to malpractice lawsuits...

Editorial: American public to Obama: Get serious on tort reform
San Francisco Examiner, CA - Sep 17, 2009
...In Texas and Mississippi, tort reforms recently cut down on “jackpot” lawsuits and reversed a trend of doctors and insurers leaving the state, without preventing truly wronged patients from being fairly compensated...

Editorial: Limits of reform
Daily Press, Newport News, VA - Sep 17, 2009
...Yes, torts should be part of a reform package. But it should be played out at the state level, and with the knowledge that much of the reform has already taken place ...

Opinion - Michael Smerconish: Some health care critics angry at wrong president
LaCrosse Tribune, La Crosse, WI - Sep 17, 2009
...Instead, lower malpractice premiums by providing limited liability protection for the hospitals and doctors treating patients without insurance coverage. That, he said, would save money for premiums as well as reduce some of the costs associated with defensive medicine...

Opinion - Jane Meggitt: Locals discuss views on health care reforms
Allentown Examiner, PA - Sep 17, 2009
Health care reform is one of the hotbutton topics in the nation right now, arousing strong opinions from all sides of the issue. The Examiner asked local residents their views on health care reform, and how best to address it...

Opinion - Peter J. Flowers: Medical errors
Chicago Tribune, IL - Sep 17, 2009
...America needs health-care reform. Implementing cost-saving measures should be at the forefront of the debate; however, calls for limitations on medical malpractice claims are nothing more than a transparent attempt by the insurance industry to increase profits and pay for its shareholders and executives...

Opinion - Dr. Andy Harris: Cost, patient choice are top health concerns
The Daily Times, Salisbury, MD - Sep 17, 2009
...Obstetricians and neurosurgeons in some states pay malpractice insurance premiums in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, which is passed on to the patient and insurers -- and limits access to those physicians. Try to find an obstetrician in a small, personal practice anymore...

Opinion - Ken Connor: Tort reform is a red herring, not a real solution
Tallahassee Democrat, FL - Sep 17, 2009
Tort reform subsidizes wrongdoing. It is an affirmative action program for corporate miscreants and will do nothing to cut medical costs...

Court says insurer can't void malpractice policy
Salt Lake Tribune, Salt Lake City, UT - Sep 16, 2009
...The Utah Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled an insurance company cannot invalidate the medical malpractice policy of the obstetrician who made a failed attempt to deliver the boy with forceps. Under that decision, The Doctors' Company (TDC), an insurance company based in Napa, Calif., remains responsible for an almost $1.3 million jury verdict in favor of Athan Montgomery...

The truth about malpractice lawsuits
BusinessWeek - Sep 16, 2009
...Study after study shows that costs associated with malpractice lawsuits make up 1% to 2% of the nation's $2.5 trillion annual health-care bill and that tort reform would barely make a dent in the total...