Reports

Lift The Cap: How Fairly Compensating Injured Patients Will Save Taxpayer Dollars

May 31, 2022  ·  Greer Levin

NTRODUCTION Medi-Cal has the right to be reimbursed for the cost of health care that a patient needs as a result of medical negligence. That reimbursement occurs after the successful resolution of a medical malpractice case. However, California’s outdated cap on…

Rate Regulation: The Rx For Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates

March 17, 2021  ·  Mark Reback

There’s no question that the medical malpractice insurers are making more money than they should, and what’s really interesting is several of these companies which are dominant in the market are owned and operated by doctors themselves. And so doctors are charging…

Projected Savings From Prop 45

August 6, 2014  ·  Jamie Court

We estimated the future total enrollment in small group and individual health plans1 in California by combining the individual market projections from the CalSIM model, produced by UCLA and UC Berkeley, and a conservative estimate of small group enrollment, which is…

Health Reform and Insurance Regulation: Can’t Have One Without the Other

May 5, 2011  ·  Jamie Court

Health insurance premiums are increasing at a rate faster than medical inflation, especially in the volatile individual and small group markets, and worker incomes have not kept pace. The passage of the federal reform law triggered further outsized increases by…

False Accounting: How Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies Inflate Losses to Justify Sudden Surges in Rates and Tort Reform

December 7, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

FTCR notes that many insurers have falsely characterized loss data in statements to lawmakers, news media and the public, and cautions that lawmakers and regulators should not rely upon the insurance industry's current loss projections, because those figures are not…

How Insurance Reform Lowered Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Rates in California

March 7, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

A 1988 California insurance reform initiative (Proposition 103), and not the state’s 1975 malpractice law, is the reason California doctors’ medical malpractice premiums have dropped and stabilized over the last 14 years.

Making a Killing: HMOs and the Threat to Your Health

November 10, 1999  ·  Jamie Court

If a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is your family’s medical provider, just hope you never face a medical crisis. This compelling book tells story after...

Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice

February 12, 1994  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

Medical care may be hazardous to your health.” That frightening warning is the principal conclusion of numerous studies. Independent scientific research has sketched out the...