Senators expected to approve budget plan
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Oct 6, 2009
...A potential land mine is the lawsuit filed in Commonwealth Court by the Pennsylvania Medical Society and a hospital group against the Department of Public Welfare and the Pennsylvania Office of Budget over two funds being used to balance the budget...

Doctors join Obama to pitch health care overhaul
The Boston Globe, MA - Oct 6, 2009
...But Senator John Barrasso, Republican of Wyoming, an orthopedic surgeon for 25 years, said many doctors, nurses, and patients strongly oppose Obama’s proposals...

Opinion - Andy Harris: Reform, not overreach
Baltimore Sun, MD - Oct 6, 2009
...Obstetricians and neurosurgeons in some states pay malpractice insurance premiums in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, costs that are passed on to the patient and insurers - and limit access to those physicians...

Court of Appeals takes cap battle
The Daily Record, Baltimore, MD - Oct 5, 2009
...Next month, the court will examine a Montgomery County judge’s ruling that another cap, limiting medical malpractice damages, applies only to cases first submitted through the health care claims arbitration process...

Medical malpractice insurance market stable but faces challenges ahead
Insurance Journal, CA - Oct 5, 2009
...Recent trends have had an overall stabilizing impact on the medical malpractice market, but several emerging issues may present challenges for insurers and actuaries...