The Times Herald, Norristown, PA - Nov 10, 2009
...Dent criticized the legislation for failing to include “medical liability reform,” which he said will “protect trial lawyers at the expense of patients.”...
Holden lone holdout among Dems in health care vote
Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Nov 10, 2009
...About the only things Dent said he supports in the legislation are boosting wellness and prevention efforts and increasing technology use to improve efficiency. He backs a Republican plan that would attempt to lower costs by allowing employers to purchase insurance across state lines, form collectives to negotiate better insurance prices and limit the size of malpractice awards...
'Fuzzy math' could drive health care bill's cost higher
Washington Times, DC - Nov 10, 2009
...The list of projects ranges from the "No child left unimmunized against influenza" project to 10 programs in the Indian health care system. There are also programs to encourage people to go into nursing and to spur states to restrain medical-malpractice lawsuits...
Politics aside, doctors universally fed up with insurers
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Nov 10, 2009
...The AMA itself came out in support of the House bill. But yesterday, some prominent AMA members were pushing to rescind that backing because the bill doesn't address matters such as malpractice reform. In any case, doctors' disenchantment with the insurance industry seems to transcend all other views...
Republicans hope for influence in Senate health debate
Miami Herald, FL - Nov 9, 2009
...Moderate Republicans also are expected to seek more incentives for disease prevention, such as provisions to encourage people to lose weight or stop smoking. They also expect to make a big push to revamp medical malpractice policies, a longtime favorite issue for Republicans...
Resolution to rescind AMA endorsement of House health care bill voted down
Washington Times, DC - Nov 9, 2009
...The group which drew up the resolution to withdraw the AMA's endorsement managed to gather the two-thirds votes necessasry to schedule the voting on the withrawal resolution today. Many doctors were upset the AMA had endorsed health care legislation that lacked medical malpractice reform and included cuts to Medicare physician reimbursements.
10 insurance trade groups hit health bill wording on FTC role
National Underwriter, Hoboken, NJ - Nov 9, 2009
...Another provision of the legislation would repeal the antitrust protection accorded health and medical malpractice insurers by the McCarran-Ferguson Act...
Insurance groups object to health care proposals
Business Insurance, New York, NY - Nov 9, 2009
...It is also not served by limiting the protections the McCarran-Ferguson Act provides for pro-competitive insurance activities that are subject to scrutiny by state insurance regulators, especially those that facilitate greater market access by medical malpractice insurers.” ...
Ohio medical malpractice premiums keep dropping
FierceHealthcare.com - Nov 9, 2009
Medical malpractice premiums in Ohio have continued to fall for the fourth straight year, a trend which both state regulators and insurers attribute to a mix of policy changes, liability limits and safety initiatives...
Court halts Illinois suspension of medical liability insurer PLICA
Claims Journal, San Diego, CA - Nov 9, 2009
...A Chancery Court Judge in Cook County Illinois has halted a state insurance department order that prohibited a medical liability insurer from writing new business in the state...
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