http://www.nbc6.net Msnbc.com is presenting a weekly series, Briefing Book: Issues ’08, assessing the issues and controversies that the next president will confront. This week, we look at the starkly different plans to reform the nation’s health care system put forth by John McCain and Barack Obama. Will voters embrace McCain‘s move to tax the health […]

http://www.star-telegram.com In an unusual legal twist, the most avid defenders of the Texas cap on damages to victims of medical malpractice — not its critics — are urging the state’s highest court to decide whether the law complies with the state constitution. If the court hears the case, the ruling could limit future challenges in […]

http://cheap-medications.movies-world.biz As Pennsylvania pols try to wrap up a two-year legislative session in the next couple months, some big unresolved health-care issues are caught up in political wheeling and dealing. A state program that helps most docs cover half of the $1 million in medical malpractice insurance they’re required to carry (and does even more […]

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by Rajiv M. Tejura, M.D. http://www.monroenews.com This is a story is of my unique journeys during the past few months. I am 27 and have lived in Monroe since I was 6. I am a recent graduate of Ross University School of Medicine (RUSM) in Dominica, an island in the eastern Caribbean. I did 16 […]

Janice Mucalov http://www.canada.com Saying “sorry” is something we as children are taught to do when we’ve done something wrong. But as adults engaged in a legal dispute, we’ve been wary. Apologizing after a car accident, for example, could be viewed as an admission that we’re at fault and should be held legally liable. And yet […]

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By Robyn Skinner http://www.royalgazette.com Obstetricians have warned that almost $80,000 a year malpractice insurance could drive them out of business and that Government could make legislative changes to protect them. Bermuda’s obstetricians buy their insurance through the Medical Protection Society in the UK, so premiums for them are based on projections for payouts in the […]

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