Posts tagged malpractice insurance

• Surprise! The Tort Reformers are Hiring Lawyers.

  Mike Ferrara | March 27, 2010 8:48 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Earlier in the week, Anthony Tarricone, President of the American Association for Justice, published an article in the Huffington Post that makes a great observation. Before the health...

• Georgia Supreme Court: Jury Award Limits Violate the Constitution

  Mike Ferrara | March 22, 2010 7:52 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a huge victory for patients’ rights, the Georgia Supreme Court has struck down limits on jury awards in medical malpractice cases, including the state’s $350,000 cap on noneconomic...

• Will the Health Care Bill Really Heal America?

  Camryn Hansen | March 19, 2010 9:04 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In honor of the long-awaited health care reform bill that Congress might vote on as soon as Sunday, I’m reading The Healing of America: The Quest for Better, Cheaper, and Fairer...

• Illinois Supreme Court: Noneconomic Damage Caps are Unconstitutional

  Mike Ferrara | March 17, 2010 8:48 PM | 0 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In a decision the whole country should pay attention to, the Illinois Supreme Court has struck down the state's $500,000 cap on noneconomic damages, declaring the cap an unconstitutional...

• Tort Reform in the Health Care Bill – A Penny Saved; 100,000 Lives Lost

  Camryn Hansen | February 28, 2010 9:11 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  Maybe you’ve heard the claims of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which has estimated that reforming our medical malpractice system could save the country $55 billion...

• Are Malpractice Claims Running Doctors Out of Business?

  Mike Ferrara | December 08, 2009 9:06 PM | 1 CommentCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  In an effort to cap or otherwise limit malpractice claims across the country, tort reformers tell us again and again how the high cost of malpractice insurance is running doctors out of...

• Medical Malpractice Reform: A Doctor’s Perspective

  Camryn Hansen | October 28, 2009 6:58 PM | 2 CommentsCherry Hill, NJ Category: Medical Malpractice
  

  If you’re getting mad about the mainstream media’s perpetual refusal to fact-check, telling you that So-and-So says X while another So-and-So says Y but refusing to tell you...

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

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

  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...

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

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

  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...