side note: A new Congressional Budget Office report indicates that reforming the medical malpractice resolution system will have little savings. Reporting from Washington – Medical malpractice reform is unlikely to cut healthcare spending significantly, the Congressional Budget Office reported Friday. Enacting a cap on pain-and-suffering and punitive damages, changing liability laws and tightening the statute […]

side note: Here is a development that could have an impact over whether or not federal tort reforms end up in the final healthcare reform bill. Lawmakers could save as much as $54 billion over the next decade by imposing an array of new limits on medical malpractice lawsuits, congressional budget analysts said today — […]

side note: The Brookings Institute hosted a panel that indicated the cost of medical malpractice lawsuits is not the driver of rising healthcare costs in the United States. WASHINGTON — Curbing medical malpractice litigation isn’t the “silver bullet” that’s needed to slay the werewolf of rising health care costs, a panel of academics said Tuesday. […]

side note: Here’s the question at the heart of the healthcare debate: “What will lower the cost of healthcare for consumers?” Yes, medical malpractice insurance premiums are out of control, a burden on doctors and can threaten patient access to care. But if the heart of the debate is end consumer cost control, how much […]

As noted below, the group that supplied many of the doctors for the Rose Garden event, Doctors for America, is a nonprofit organization that grew out of Doctors for Obama, which worked to help elect the president. But it also appears to be working closely with Organizing for America, Mr. Obama’s political organization. Its members […]

side note: The Florida Office of Insurance Regulation issued a report that shows a drop in med-mal rates for the 5th year in a row. We do think rates will continue to lower and we do not expect rates to rise anytime soon. We hope this is the case for a State that has seen […]

side note: This is a growing area, but for how long? Well, we have 100,000’s of doctors with millions of patients, so they’ll be busy for sometime. There is always added risk when you have someone working with your medial records, so it’s always recommended to go with a company that has been properly qualified. […]

side note: This is a smart tactic that will help lower healthcare costs if they are able to spread the word to check online before you rush to the hospital because you have swine flu. You have to think that there had to be an incredible high number of people misdiagnosing themselves and then running […]

side note: This is something that Senator Leahy has introduced earlier but didn’t have much momentum. This is something the insurance industry is watching very closely. We don’t see it having much chance to pass, but we’ll update you if there’s any movement. IFaWebNews.com Patrick Leahy, chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, has introduced […]