by Justin D. Anderson http://www.dailymail.com CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Recent reports show laws passed five years ago to deal with a medical malpractice crisis have had a dramatically beneficial effect.But a legislator who’s also executive director of the West Virginia Medical Association said the state is “one Supreme Court decision away” from being thrust back into the […]

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Dave Alexander http://blog.mlive.com GRAND RAPIDS — The West Michigan regional economy has been defined by the lumber, furniture and manufacturing industries during the past century and half. Over the next half-century, West Michigan’s economy might be led by health care and the life sciences, a panel of industry leaders told a recent business policy conference.

Home Sep 28, 2008 (The Times-Tribune – McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) — WMT | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating — Lackawanna County has a serious shortage of general surgeons that is causing patients to wait up to nine weeks for operations or go out of the area for treatment. Wait times to […]

by Dennis G. Smith http://www.heritage.org Congress needs to get serious about Medicaid. To borrow a medical analogy: If a state is the patient, and Congress is its doctor, giving states a temporary increase in the Federal Medical Assistance Percentage (FMAP) to treat the problems associated with Medicaid is malpractice. Medicaid needs surgery, and increasing the […]

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By HILARY WALDMAN http://www.courant.com Many Connecticut physicians are thinking about changing jobs or moving out of state because they are sick and tired of practicing medicine here. The picture of doctor dissatisfaction comes from a survey of 1,077 practicing physicians commissioned by the Connecticut State Medical Society and published today in the society’s journal, Connecticut […]