Obama presents health care plan
The Boston Globe, MA - Feb 23, 2010
...It does not, however, include some of the GOP’s most sought-after goals, such as caps on medical malpractice lawsuits...

Obama renews health push
Wall Street Journal, New York, NY - Feb 23, 2010
...Republicans are expected to call at the summit for more targeted legislation that curbs malpractice lawsuits, creates high-risk insurance pools for sick people and allows consumers to purchase insurance across state lines...

Obama's health care plan raises stakes ahead of summit
TIME - Feb 23, 2010
...the White House was also communicating that Democrats have already adopted all their favorite Republican ideas and won't be adding any major new ones to their reform legislation. (One possible exception is medical-malpractice reform...

Boehner shoots down new health-care proposal
The Columbus Dispatch, OH - Feb 23, 2010
...For more than a year, Boehner and his GOP colleagues have backed plans to limit financial damages from medical-malpractice lawsuits and allow smaller companies to band together to find less-expensive policies...

Editorial: The health care debate: Politics as usual
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, PA - Feb 23, 2010
...Oh, the session could have some substance -- if Democrats for once considered the opposition's focus on the primary drivers of health-care costs, such as malpractice insurance...

Opinion - Tim Pawlenty: 5 steps to health care reform
Union Leader, Manchester, NH - Feb 22, 2010
...At a minimum, we should establish uniform standards for medical liability limits to discourage interstate jury shopping that drives up everybody’s health-care costs...

Calif. tort reform bills face certain death, observers say
LegalNewsline, Chicago, IL - Feb 23, 2010
..."Tort reform legislation would take a special session in this state, similar to energy deregulation and workers' comp. reform, in order to create the focus needed to get something done," she said...

House Democrats seek to revoke insurers' antitrust exemption
BusinessWeek (Bloomberg) - Feb 22, 2010
...House Democrats agreed to exclude medical malpractice insurers from legislation that would apply antitrust laws to health insurance companies, clearing the way for a vote on the measure this week...

Medical malpractice excluded from McCarran-Ferguson legislation
Insurance Journal, San Diego, CA - Feb 22, 2010
...Recently proposed free-standing legislation introduced by Reps. Perriello and Markey to amend the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health insurers will no longer include a provision that would impact medical professional liability insurance, according to trade groups representing property/casualty insurers...

Illinois med-mal ruling to boost insurers' costs 18%: study
Crain's Chicago Business, IL - Feb 22, 2010
...The consulting firm said the recent removal of caps on malpractice awards would lead to higher costs per malpractice claim, on average. The number of people suing their doctors also is likely to rise, the firm said...