Law profs: " Medical malpractice reform can be unhealthy"

InjuryBoard.com (blog)

Mehlman and Nance write that not only do malpractice premiums account for only a tiny fraction of our medical bills, but also any reduction in the risk ...

Case Western Professors: Tort Reform is "Unhealthy" InjuryBoard.com (blog)



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CEOs Seek to Spur Jobs Through Small Business

Wall Street Journal

CEOs also highlighted reforming medical malpractice rules, which critics have long said inflate health-care costs by pushing doctors to play defense and ...



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Malpractice trial to enter second week

Juneau County Star-Times

The trial of a Mile Bluff Clinic doctor accused of medical malpractice continues in Juneau County Circuit Court next week. ...

Still Time For Health Care Done Right

Hartford Business

Or caps on medical malpractice claims? What about allowing insurance companies to sell across state lines? All were left by the wayside, along with the ...

Health care reform: Law would impact local business The Tennessean

Health Ins. "Reform" Over: Dems Failing the People, Republicans Disgracing Selves OpEdNews

Real reform in nine necessary steps NYU Washington Square News

Big Government (blog)  - Muskogee Daily Phoenix  - The Union Leader

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Ten state attorneys general back Leahy's health insurance antitrust exemption ...

Vermont Business Magazine (press release)

Ten state Attorneys General are backing legislation authored by Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) to repeal the health insurance and medical malpractice ...

Texas Tort Reform: A Good National Model?

InjuryBoard.com (blog)

The conservative position on health care reform is that medical malpractice claims drive up health care costs and require doctors to practice defensive ...

Tort reform opponents in denial, says Tiger Joyce

Public Nuisance Wire

The cost of litigation and medical malpractice insurance has driven doctors to give up their practice and inhibited young people from entering the field of ...

Myth #4: Malpractice Claims Drive up Doctors' Premiums. InjuryBoard.com (blog)

It's irresponsible to ignore tort reform in health care The News Journal

Letter: Health reform a moral imperative 2TheAdvocate

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Yorktown doc writes book about medical mistakes

Lower Hudson Journal news

That's not the way he thinks medical malpractice should he handled, and his book advises patients to "question everything ... be your own advocate and know ...

Dr. Kenneth Cosgrove, 89

BlueRidgeNow.com

Dr. Cosgrove helped found Medical Mutual Insurance Agency, the largest medical malpractice insurance company in North Carolina, and served on its board of ...



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Eleven National Consumer Organizations Send Letter Strongly Opposing Medical ...

Reuters

The letter states, " Medical malpractice is at epidemic levels in this country. The Institute of Medicine has estimated that up to 98000 people die every ...



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Health care Reform Must Put Patients First Because Medical Errors Happen All ...

InjuryBoard.com (blog)

There has been a lot of emphasis during the health care reform debate on medical malpractice reform. But this report by CNN's Heidi Collins demonstrates ...

Lungren: House health care bill violates Lemon Law

Legal News Line

... to states that overhaul their medical malpractice systems so long as their reforms don't in any way limit attorneys' fees or impose caps on damages. ...



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Graham sponsors 'loser pays' medical malpractice bill

Charleston Regional Business

C., introduced legislation Monday that would require losing plaintiffs in medical malpractice lawsuits to pay legal costs for both sides. ...

Chambliss, Graham propose lawsuit reform as part of health care overhaul Atlanta Journal Constitution



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Health plan must address costs of malpractice suits

Cape Cod Times

The costs of medical malpractice awards are an important concern, as Dr. Charles Diana points out in his letter published on Nov. 9. ...



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State Bar Calls on US Senate to Reject Caps on Malpractice Victims' Pain and ...

ReadMedia (press release)

"As Senate activity on this topic continues, I want to reiterate our long standing objections to those tort and medical malpractice reform proposals that ...

Pennsylvania Jury Awards $2.3 Million to Fayette County Woman in Medical ...

PR Web (press release)

A jury of 8 people in the Western District of Pennsylvania award a Fayette County woman $23000 in pain and suffering for a medical malpractice case. ...



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Physicians Losing Control of Medicine: New Survey Reports Medical Malpractice ...

Earthtimes (press release)

According to the survey results, the cause is a combination of the threat of medical malpractice litigation, as well as insurance and government ...

Broad-based health reform is called unlikely Deseret News



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Dont gut the medical board

East Texas Review

With that kind of attention on Texas, legislators and leaders in the Medical community need to keep the promises made in 2003 and ensure that malpractice ...

A Doctor's Stance on Tort Reform Tort Deform (blog)



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Medical Malpractice "Reform" Will Disproportionately Harm Women

24-7PressRelease.com (press release)

Female victims of medical negligence often encounter unique problems when pursuing medical malpractice claims as a result of the types of damages they most ...

New York Medical Malpractice Attorney - NY Injury Lawyer PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)



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Wall Street Journal CEO Council Identifies Specific Priorities for Business ...

Benzinga

5) reform medical malpractice : Cap awards. Cap legal fees. Create health courts. 6) enact global trade pact: Sign and ratify by end of 2010 a global ...



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