Medical malpractice reform needed in healthcare bill, senator and doctors say
CNSNews.com, Alexandria, VA - Oct 22, 2009
As Senate Democrats meet behind closed doors to produce a single health care bill, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is repeating his call for medical liability reform...

Revenue shortfall may hurt Oklahoma's plans for tort reform
The Oklahoman, Oklahoma City, OK - Oct 22, 2009
A continued revenue shortfall could affect whether the state can afford to create a fund to pay damages in physician negligence cases, a key component of the comprehensive lawsuit reform bill passed earlier this year...

House limits antitrust break for insurers
Courthouse News Service, Pasadena, CA - Oct 21, 2009
The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday 20-9 to limit the antitrust exemption health insurance companies currently enjoy...

Senate Dems. push for end to med-mal insurers' antitrust exemption
National Underwriter, Hoboken, NJ - Oct 21, 2009
...Lawrence E. Smarr, president of the Physician Insurers Association of America, based in Rockville, Md., said the announcement of the move to terminate the antitrust exemption “is not a surprise. We expected this but are still going to try to get our line of [medical malpractice] business removed from the bill.”...

Editorial: Health Care: Tort reform needed
The Florida Times-Union, Jacksonville, FL - Oct 21, 2009
...But it isn't difficult to come up with a fair solution to the malpractice problem. Congress should look at the Texas experience...