Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA - Oct 8, 2009
A statewide fund to cover large medical malpractice judgments -- built with yearly assessments imposed on hospitals, physicians and other health professionals -- is about to get $100 million poorer...
Opinion - John L. Micek: The end is near (but maybe in a good way)
Allentown Morning Call, PA - Oct 7, 2009
...Rep. Scott Petri, R-Bucks, said he was opposing the budget because it "relies too much on two sources of one-time revenue" -- the surplus from a state account that provides subsidized medical malpractice insurance for physicians and the state's $755 million Rainy Day Fund savings account...
Opinion - State Senators Deb Reynolds and Lou D'Allesandro: The malpractice fund and its use for filling a big hole in the state budget
Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, NH - Oct 8, 2009
...As a result, we in the Senate fully supported the governor's proposal to draw from the JUA excess to help fund this two-year budget. The idea was carefully examined and we consulted with the state Attorney General's office and the state Insurance Department before reallocating the funds...
Active-duty military may get malpractice rights
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct 8, 2009
In a move to partially reverse a controversial 59-year-old U.S. Supreme Court ruling, the House Judiciary Committee has approved a bill to give active duty members of the military the right to file medical malpractice suits against the government...
New York med mal insurer reducing buy-in for new policyholders
Insurance Journal, CA - Oct 8, 2009
J. M. Woodworth RRG, Inc., a medical malpractice Risk Retention Group that insures physicians and surgeons in New York, is reducing the capital new policyholders are required to pay by 83 percent through the end of this year...
Report: Fla. medical malpractice rates fall in 2008
South Florida Business Journal, Fort Lauderdale, FL - Oct 7, 2009
Legislation passed in 2003 to stem the rising tide of malpractice insurance premiums appears to be working...
Opinion - Gary Blodgett: Tort reform is essential to reforming health care
Globe Gazette, Mason City, IA - Oct 7, 2009
...one of the most important factors implicated in high health care costs — defensive medicine — will likely not be meaningfully addressed in any health care legislation that will be enacted by our current Congress...
Opinion - Christopher Vernon: Time for tort reform
The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ - Oct 7, 2009
...There is an undeniable need to address the situation in America today and the debate merits attention. But reform of the current laws are a must. We can’t afford the status-quo.
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