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From crisis to meltdown.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)
Whether or not tort reform is an important legislative issue depends on the state in which you practice ("AMA Pursues Tort Reform Strategy," Jan. 1, 2004, p. 1).
Some states do not have a problem since they have low premiums and good access to care because of legislation such as caps on noneconomic damages. Other states, such as Pennsylvania, are disasters, and tort reform is very important to the physicians still practicing there. My alma mater, Hahnemann [now part of Drexel University], was forced to close the trauma center because of a shortage of surgeons.
According to the American Medical Association, Pennsylvania lost 600 general surgeons (36% of the state's total) between 1997 and 2002. In its rate survey for 2003, Medical Liability Monitor reported that general surgeons in Philadelphia paid $131,348 for liability ...
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- Magazine article from: Trial Loiacono, Kristin March 1, 2004 700+ words
...address to call for tort "reform." Here is what he said about medical liability: "To protect...One longtime tort "reform" advocate...on piecemeal medical liability restrictions...Republicans that tort reform will cure the...
- AAHP Partners with Physicians to Fight for Medical Malpractice Reform; AAHP to...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire January 10, 2002 700+ words
...physician groups to pursue more litigation against health plans. As co-chairs of the American Tort Reform Association's (ATRA) Medical Liability Committee, AAHP and PIAA will work at the state and federal level to educate opinion leaders...
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- Magazine article from: Family Practice News Schneider, Mary Ellen March 1, 2005 700+ words
...ALEXANDRIA, VA. -- Traditional tort reform measures like damage caps won...fundamental problems with the medical liability system, experts said at a meeting on patient safety and medical liability sponsored by the Joint Commission...
- Medical liability improvements holding steady with tort reform.(Healthcare...
- Magazine article from: Mississippi Business Journal Lofton, Lynn February 4, 2008 700+ words
...wondering about whether or not medical liability coverage has changed since...opinion. "Put simply, tort reform works!" the Ripley family...directly to the passage of tort reform. Mike Houpt, president...difference for its members. "Tort reform provides a forum in ...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) January 12, 2005 700+ words
...amazed by how many people, including journalists and lawyers, fail to grasp the real issue concerning the need for medical tort reform, and how the current climate affects the cost of medical care in our society. Medical malpractice awards are but the tip...
- Weiss 'Study' of Tort Reform and Medical Liability Premiums Spreads Flawed...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire June 5, 2003 700+ words
ROCKVILLE, Md. -- ROCKVILLE, Md., June 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Martin Weiss and his rating organization have engineered a report that is getting lots of media attention in spite of the fact that it is fatally flawed. Studying 19 states with caps on non-economic damages, Weiss says it found that from 1991
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- Magazine article from: McKnight's Long-Term Care News Berklan, James M. February 28, 2003 700+ words
...President Bush making medical liability reform part of several...awards, Bush's medical liability push has roused proponents...opponents -- of medical liability reform around the...improvement through tort reform would energize a...
Source: HighBeam Research, From crisis to meltdown.(Letters)(Letter to the Editor)