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Republicans unsatisfied with Obama malpractice reform stand
In his much-discussed speech last week, President Obama took what could be considered a very lukewarm stand on malpractice reform, promising only to ask HHS to conduct demonstration projects that... Read more...
Doctors are stopping states from digging into medical liability funds
As everyone knows, states are struggling to keep their budgets afloat, sometimes by digging into state-created medical liability funds. This hasn't sat well with doctors, who, in New Hampshire and... Read more...
SPOTLIGHT: House reform package would pave way to med mal reforms
While it hasn't gotten much attention, a provision in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce's package on health reform would establish several ways to reform current medical malpractice laws, as... Read more...
WI medical society wants malpractice funding back
The Wisconsin Medical Society is fighting to get back $200 million which the state withheld from a fund designed to mitigate the costs of insurance coverage for malpractice suits. The money was... Read more...
Reform may include malpractice changes
While many a medical malpractice reform has withered on the vine in recent years, a group of Democratic lawmakers and their trial lawyer backers seem determined to open up the issue again. In a... Read more...
Bill would increase payments for ED physicians
A new bill being considered by Congress would take steps intended to help ease the worsening situation in the nation's hospital emergency departments, a problem only made worse by the faltering... Read more...
TX may change medical malpractice law
In 2003, Texas approved a constitutional amendment limiting non-economic damage in medical liability cases to $250,000 for physicians. Since then, liability insurance rates have fallen and doctors... Read more...
