Debate behind closed doors
The Intelligencer/Wheeling News-Register, WV - Jan 10, 2010
...But Capito noted there are "other things" she would like to see addressed in the bill. These include allowing the public to purchase health insurance across state lines and the consideration of tort reform as a cost savings...

Opinion - Paul Carpenter: Are reforms for lawyers justified?
The Morning Call, Allentown, PA - Jan 10, 2010
...Another addressed the key point of his second letter, which cited an item in the New Jersey Law Journal about ''how outrageous doctors can be.'' (At the moment, the main lobbying for tort reform is from medicos, putting them and the legal profession at bitter odds.)...

Opinion - John Ratkowitz, Esq.: Juries are smart enough to decide malpractice awards
The TImes of Trenton, NJ - Jan 10, 2010
...doctors have attacked jury verdicts and trial lawyers, only to learn, after publicly taking positions advocated by their malpractice carriers, that jury verdicts have little to do with their current predicament...

Is 'sorry' the hardest word in health care?
The New York Times, NY - Jan 9, 2010
...Although one might assume that apologizing exposes hospitals to increased litigation, a few medical centers, including the University of Michigan Health Sysatem, have reported that the approach has reduced malpractice suits...

State defers insurance fund raid
Concord Monitor, NH - Jan 9, 2010
The state will not spend any money from a medical malpractice fund until the state Supreme Court decides whether that money legally belongs to the state...

Opinion - Mike Thomas: Winter Park's Cecil Wilson, next AMA chief, steers toward middle
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Jan 9, 2010
...The AMA may well have gotten the sweetest deal of all the major health care players, including the drug companies and hospitals. The AMA's major concession is giving in on medical malpractice reform, which only receives token consideration in these bills...