side note: The White House is saying that the alternative medical malpractice resolutions included in the Affordable Care Act are medical malpractice tort reforms. Charles Krauthammer and his conservative peers say that anything less than a federal non-economic damage cap is no real tort reform. The Obama White House puts to use the WhiteHouse.gov website […]

side note: This is an interesting article, mainly due to the fact that it is discussing tort within the framework of New York, which has a well-documented debacle of a medical malpractice insurance environment. High taxes help make New York an expensive place to do business. A new report argues convincingly that costly malpractice litigation […]

see original: While healthcare reform looks to be an inevitability, Republicans in Congress should start hammering this statistic in hopes of at least achieving some of their legislative goals. Tort reform is a reasonable hop for the party. WASHINGTON (Legal Newsline)-The majority of Americans say federal lawmakers ought to make it more difficult for allegedly […]

Produced exclusively for MyMedicalMalpracticeInsurance.com by the Medical Liability Monitor.The Monitor is the only independent source of consistent, reliable coverage and fresh perspectives on medical professional liability insurance and risk management. 1. Chicago’s Cook County has consistently ranked as one of the worst tort climates in the nation. As such, it ranks in the “top five” […]

side note: The state of Texas has been looked at as an example of strong tort reform, and the result has been lower medical malpractice insurance premiums as well as an influx of doctors wishing to practice in the state. In 2003, the Texas Legislature passed medical liability reforms that capped non-economic damages for injured […]

side note: This is one of the more salacious and odd medical malpractice cases that I’ve read. Hundreds of women have trusted him with their bodies, and their dreams of motherhood. Many depend on him as their doctor today. But for nearly seven years, none of Dr. Ben D. Ramaley’s patients have known that the […]

side note: Looks like this Sandwich doctor wants to scrap the system and start fresh. Her letter to the editor explains how the medical malpractice resolution system is flawed and needs to be updated in order to attract more doctors to Massachusetts. I am pleased the Sandwich Health Association is offering $30,000 toward local physician […]

side note: United States Se. Lindsey Graham is recommending a “Loser Pays” law for medical malpractice claims. In this scenario, if a patient sued his or her doctor for medical malpractice and lost, the patient would have to pay the doctor’s legal fees. U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., introduced legislation Monday that would require losing […]

side note: The American Medical Association, the nation’s largest lobby of healthcare professionals has come out in support of the President’s Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act? Will this support be enough to sway Congress into passing the legislation. WASHINGTON – Led by Temple cardiologist J. James Rohack, the American Medical Association committed in May […]