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Nation's obstetrical care endangered by growing liability insurance crisis.(Brief Article)
2002 JUN 6 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- Alarmed by a recurring medical liability insurance crisis - the third in three decades - the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) at a press conference has issued a national "Red Alert" on the condition of obstetrical care. ACOG warned that without federal and state reforms, chronic problems in the nation's medical liability system could severely jeopardize the availability of physicians to deliver babies in the U.S.
"Across the country, liability insurance for obstetrician-gynecologists is becoming unaffordable or even unavailable, as insurance companies stop insuring doctors," reported ACOG President Thomas F. Purdon, MD, at ACOG's annual clinical meeting in May. "Without insurance, ob-gyns are forced to stop delivering babies, stop surgical services, or close their doors," he said. "Women and newborns are hurt the most."
ACOG identified nine 'hot states' with a liability insurance crisis now threatening the availability of physicians to deliver babies; they are Florida, Mississippi, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Texas, Washington, and West Virginia. In three other states - Ohio, Oregon, and Virginia - a crisis is brewing, while four other states - Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri - should be watched for mounting problems, reports ACOG.
"The escalating liability crisis is like a train rushing down the tracks," warned Purdon. "The states we have identified are just the first to be seriously affected," he said. "If current trends continue, all states are at risk of losing women's health physicians and obstetrical care."
"In a growing number of states ob-gyns are scrambling to find liability insurance that's not prohibitive - if it's available at all," reported Dr. Purdon.
Nationally, insurance premiums for ob-gyns have been increasing over time: the median premium increased 167% between 1982 and ...
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