Medical Malpractice

• The Health Care Bill: Constitutional or Unconstitutional?

  Mike Ferrara | March 23, 2010 7:58 PM | 38 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Opponents of the health care bill that was signed into law today by President Obama are already arguing that it’s not constitutional. Many people are asking where the US...

• Texas Tort Reform is NOT a Model for Nationwide Health Care Reform

  Mike Ferrara | September 07, 2009 8:24 PM | 24 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Tort reformers like to talk a lot about how the threat of malpractice suits raises health care costs by forcing doctors to practice “defensive medicine”—the ordering of...

• Just How Much do Malpractice Suits Raise Health Care Costs?

  Mike Ferrara | July 16, 2009 10:22 PM | 21 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  A succinct op-ed in The New York Times earlier this week by UPenn Law School professor Tom Baker made some terrific points about medical malpractice, and the expensive malpractice insurance that...

• Medical Malpractice - "Dr. Creepy" and his tattoos

  Donald Caminiti | July 22, 2008 3:40 PM | 11 CommentsBergen County, NJ

  A Pennsauken woman has filed suit in Camden County Superior Court against her orthopedic surgeon, who - after performing successful surgery on her herniated disc - left a washable tattoo on her...

• Huge Medical Malpractice Study: Liability Should Not be More Limited.

  Mike Ferrara | July 23, 2009 9:50 PM | 7 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Americans for Insurance Reform released a study earlier this week showing that in recent years, doctor premiums and medical malpractice claims have overwhelmingly dropped, while the profits of the...

• Medical Malpractice Cases Decline - No Need For "Tort Reform"

  Mike Ferrara | April 15, 2008 1:04 AM | 7 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Those who favor restricting the rights of those harmed by careless doctors have one less weapon to use in their PR campaign. The latest figures just released by the Pennsylvania Supreme Court show...

• Health Care Reform - Not Enough Attention to Medical Error Prevention

  Mike Ferrara | October 20, 2009 10:38 PM | 5 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  According to a report just released by the NJ Department of Health and Senior Services, in 2007, hospital doctors, nurses and other medical workers committed nearly 9,400 serious medical...

• Wisconsin Nurse Laid Off Mid-Surgery

  Camryn Hansen | April 14, 2009 11:44 PM | 5 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  As if it isn’t enough that health care costs are draining patients’ wallets dry, last week, in a violation of hospital protocol, a Dean Health System manager at Dean West Clinic in...

• FALSE: Texas Gained 21,000 Doctors Because of Tort Reform

  Mike Ferrara | August 26, 2011 2:32 PM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  Republicans everywhere, including presidential hopeful/George W. Bush doppelganger Rick Perry, like to claim that tort reform, and malpractice reform in particular, is a great way to reduce health...

• Patients Contracted HIV from Contaminated Medical Equipment at Veterans Affairs Hospitals

  Mike Ferrara | April 19, 2009 12:49 PM | 4 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ

  According to spokespersons at Veterans Affairs hospitals, three patients exposed to contaminated medical equipment at VA facilities in Murfreesboro, Tennessee; Augusta, Georgia; and Miami, Florida...