The Columbus Dispatch, OH – Jan 18, 2010
…In particular, they have said they want to limit the financial damages from medical malpractice lawsuits (as has already been done in Ohio), which they insist impose huge costs on physicians and hospitals…
Opinion - Rebecca J. Patchin, MD: Health reform package still needs some improvement
American Medical News, Chicago, IL - Jan 18, 2010
...The AMA will work to secure final language that authorizes a grant program for a broad array of state alternative medical liability reforms. We will work to strike language allowing patients to opt out of the alternative liability program...
Opinion – Dr. Steven M. Malkin: Supreme Court must stand up for reform
Daily Herald, Arlington Heights, IL – Jan 18, 2010
…The law worked quickly to rectify the situation, with numerous reports of much-needed medical specialists - neurosurgeons, OB/GYN and orthopedic surgeons - returning to practice here, many citing liability reform as a primary reason for choosing Illinois…
Garrett’s bills to go to state Assembly
Cumberland Times-News, Cumberland, MD – Jan 17, 2010
…If a doctor delivers more than 30 per year, the cost of medical malpractice insurance can increase by about $100,000 because of insurance stipulations. Previously, legislation was in place that subsidized the gap between the general practitioners’ malpractice insurance costs and the increase, but that has expired…
Angry plastic-surgery patients vent online; doctors on damage control
New York Magazine - Jan 17, 2010
...Cosmetic surgeons are quite familiar with difficult patients and malpractice cases; a few years back, a man who had undergone a facelift was so unhappy with the results that he took to picketing outside the office of his surgeon...
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