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MARKET WIRE The Insurance professionals only source for News J. M. Woodworth Risk Retention Group (RRG) has registered with the New York Insurance Department to offer medical malpractice insurance to physicians and surgeons in the State, Sanford D. Elsass, President and CEO of The Uni-Ter Group, announced. Uni-Ter manages the Company under contract to the […]

By Becky Johnson • Staff Writer http://www.smokymountainnews.com

http://www.daily-journal.com Health care today is one of the real growth sectors of the economy. As we have reported before, the additional jobs created in medicine account for all the new jobs in the country since 2000. Take away all the added jobs in health care and the net growth is zero.

http://www.delawareonline.com It’s been nearly two years since a panel of experts from the state’s business and medical community began exploring the idea of creating a self-insurance “risk retention group” that would allow Delaware doctors to own and operate their own insurance companies. Self-management and oversight by the physicians, of course, could drastically lower premiums charged […]

by Erin Boeckman http://www.okinsider.com Rather than pursue allegations of malpractice through the court system, an Oklahoma legislator has filed a bill suggesting patients prepare for possible negative outcomes with insurance.

SHELDON J. TAUB, M.D http://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion

NATHAN JOHNSON – Daily Herald http://www.heraldextra.com

Physicians will quit due to high malpractice insurance rate, medical society says By CATHLEEN F. CROWLEY, Staff writer http://www.timesunion.com Dear Patient, your doctor might be out of business tomorrow. That’s the message some physicians are giving their clients.