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Reluctant Physicians Pressured Through Economic Retaliation As Illinois physicians strike today over their malpractice rates, a secret e-mail from striking New Jersey…
Feb 26, 2003Read second email outlining doctors' tactics to divert attention from the real cause of the malpractice "crisis"
Feb 25, 2003Read here internal emails from New Jersey doctors, outlining their strategy to delay and inconvenience patients to win political points and limit…
Feb 25, 2003The Nashville City Paper Doctors who face mountainous malpractice insurance premiums because of over-the-top "pain and suffering" lawsuit awards should get relief.…
Feb 25, 2003Malpractice report is 'shallow,' needs work, senator saysThe Louisville Courier-Journal (KY) Limits on jury awards, which would be permitted by a proposed…
Feb 25, 2003The family of the 17 year old victim of a botched heart-lung transplant, Jesica Santillan, would not be able to find an…
Feb 24, 2003Connecticut Law Tribune It became apparent that caps did not succeed in lowering insurance rates, since just the opposite occurred. Punishment for…
Feb 24, 2003National Underwriter Consumer advocates complain that some insurers are using the C.L.U.E. database to aggressively non-renew or sell at high prices in…
Feb 24, 2003San Bernardino County Sun The proposed reduction still fails to meet what consumers need, though, argues Doug Heller, a senior consumer advocate…
Feb 21, 2003Doctors say soaring insurance rates drive them out of high-risk specialties; patients argue lawsuit limits would leave some vulnerable to substandard care.The…
Feb 21, 2003Consumer Group Presents Data, Arguments in Challenge to Rate Hikes Under Rules of Prop. 103
Feb 20, 2003Consumer Group Presents Data, Arguments in Challenge to Rate Hikes Under Rules of Prop. 103
Feb 20, 2003The Bulletin Frontrunner (Texas) Harvey Rosenfield of the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights told a House panel that limiting damages to…
Feb 20, 2003San Gabriel Valley Tribune The Foundation for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights in Santa Monica, a watchdog group that has decried the high…
Feb 20, 2003High cost of medical malpractice insurance in Texas sparks debateThe Dallas Morning News The Texas Legislature formally launched debate Wednesday over whether…
Feb 20, 2003The specter of war and other factors send gas prices soaringSacramento Bee The current price "is not based on the actual supply…
Feb 20, 2003The Daily News of Los Angeles The proposed reduction still fails to meet what consumers need, though, argues Doug Heller, a senior…
Feb 20, 2003Associated Press A cap on damages awarded for pain and suffering in medical malpractice lawsuits likely won't reduce insurance rates for doctors,…
Feb 19, 2003