side note: Could this be the start to the end of the blatant case of medical malpractice in Nevada where potentially hundreds of patients were negligently exposed to hep c? A district judge Monday approved a settlement of 18 medical malpractice lawsuits stemming from the Las Vegas hepatitis C outbreak. The settlement with 18 former […]

side note: According a new Institute of Medicine report, 98,000 deaths occur due to medical malpractice. To make reparations more difficult would disproportionately affect women in the United States Contrary to the assertions of those alleging the need for medical malpractice reform, the biggest crisis related to medical malpractice is not an epidemic of frivolous […]

side note: Most doctors in the United States support tort reforms that would make it more difficult to sue for medical malpractice, arguing that this would decrease the cost of healthcare. This doctor’s essay makes the opposite claim. When you start thinking of how much money is spent on malpractice insurance for doctors, $22 billion, […]

side note: Part of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act is to implement alternative medical malpractice resolution systems. Will such experiments be enough to cut down on defensive medicine and reduce the overall cost of healthcare in the United States? When President Barack Obama addressed Congress earlier this year on health care reform, one […]

side note: Did the insurance industry shoot itself in the foot? Did the industry’s attempt last week to torpedo reform place itself in the crosshairs to have its anti-trust exemption revoked? This is a scenario that will play itself out over the course of the next two months. The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has acknowledged […]

Medical Liability Monitor’s 2009 Rate Survey shows physicians’ malpractice insurance market remains soft Chicago—Rates for physicians’ 2009-2010 liability insurance premiums decreased or remained stable for the large majority of doctors, according to Medical Liability Monitor’s annual nationwide Rate Survey released this week. This year’s study found 58 percent of rates did not change between 2008 […]

side note: One thing good for the insurance industry amongst the obviously difficult discussion of healthcare reform is that tort reform is finally getting debated on a national forum. Can the industry capitalize on America’s sudden interest in a dry subject? Tort reform is a subject that has been in the news in recent days. […]

side note: As the healthcare debate rages on, and tort reform is more frequently mentioned as a bargaining tool with the Republican Party, the idea of medical malpractice courts is gaining steam. Is this the answer to the tort reform debate? In the continuing community debate over health-care reform, many writers have emphasized the need […]

side note: A press release from the New York Trial Lawyers Association, take this message with a grain of salt. That said, how much of what they are saying is true? And is federal tort reform worth the hassle if end-user healthcare prices won’t really drop with any significance? The endless barrage of allegations by […]