http://www.financialweek.com When an IBM executive suddenly developed chest pain, he made an appointment with a cardiologist, who performed a battery of tests that had inconclusive results except an unidentifiable abnormality in the neck region. The cardiologist referred the executive to a neck surgeon, who removed the abnormality. The chest pain, however, persisted. Several months later, […]

by MARK SCOLFORO – The Associated Press http://www.philly.com HARRISBURG, Pa. – House Democrats on Wednesday introduced a billion-dollar-plus plan to roll out state-subsidized health insurance for about 270,000 uninsured Pennsylvania adults over the next five years.Backers promoted it as the next logical step to follow recent state laws that cover children and pay prescription costs […]

By: Bradley Vasoli, The Bulletin http://www.thebulletin.us A policy institute yesterday released a report that ranked Pennsylvania’s legal climate the sixth worst in the nation in terms of both state policy and cost of litigation. The San Francisco-based Pacific Research Institute compared the scope and impact of litigiousness on each state and determined that, judging by […]

Denver Business Journal – by Bob Mook http://www.bizjournals.com The co-sponsor of a proposal that would raise the caps on medical malpractice lawsuits said Wednesday he would ask the House Judiciary Committee to delay a vote on the bill to work out some issues that doctors raised about the legislation. Senate Bill 164, sponsored by Sen. […]

By Dr. MICHAEL LYNCH http://www.concordmonitor.com I am an emergency physician. I care for about 5,000 patients a year. I have been practicing for 12 years and thus have cared for roughly 60,000 patients. I receive deep satisfaction from my job and the privilege of the “laying on of hands” as the physician-patient relationship is called […]

Elgin County, St. Thomas will pay family physicians about $33,000 per doctor they draw. By JOHN MINER, SUN MEDIA In the fierce competition for medical staff, Elgin County and St. Thomas are turning to their family physicians with an offer of $33,000 for every new doctor they bring to town. The city, county and the […]

http://www.bradenton.com Floridians have been served notice again that the state’s doctor shortage looms large over our health care system. Just a few days after the president of the Florida Medical Association sounded a dire warning about the “critical” physician deficit, Bayfront Medical Center in St. Petersburg was forced to stop taking trauma patients due to […]

Bradley Vasoli http://www.thebulletin.us Public officials and medical practitioners are pointing out a trend in Pennsylvania’s community of physicians that they say promises to shrink it considerably in the near term: It’s aging quickly. The Pennsylvania Medical Society (PMS) is stressing the decline in the number of direct patient care physicians working in the state, whom […]

By Gazette News Services http://www.billingsgazette.net CHEYENNE – The Wyoming Legislature has passed a bill aimed at luring more doctors to the state. The bill that now heads to Gov. Dave Freudenthal would create a grant program through the state Department of Health to recruit more doctors. The bill would allow physicians and hospitals searching for […]