Healthcare

For Shareholders, More Pain to Come

March 12, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">TheStreet.com</p> <p>In recent weeks, Medicare reform has re-emerged as a hot topic of national debate. Experts agree that coming changes will present fresh challenges for health care companies. But they remain divided on whether reform will ultimately hurt -- or help -- heal</p>

Federal Bill Sets Off Alarm

March 11, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p> <strong><img class=" alignright size-full wp-image-7694" alt="" src="https://consumerwatchdog.org/wp-content/uploads/2003/03/sacbee_mm_chart.gif" style="width: 200px; height: 252px; float: right;" width="500" height="629" />Many in state fear HMO reform efforts will suffer.</strong></p>

The news keeps interfering with tort reform’s big mo

March 10, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<p class="source">Modern Healthcare</p> <p>Hard-core consumer activists sometimes spot conspiracies in unlikely places, but one California advocate says he has solid proof that the so-called medical malpractice insurance crisis is just that-a cynical ploy by doctors to line their pockets with a li</p>

Doctors’ e-mails suggested frustration before rallies, work stoppage

March 10, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Some e-mails widely circulated among New Jersey doctors before last month's work slowdown urged them to "inconvenience patients" as they pushed lawmakers for help with rising malpractice premiums, says a California consumer group.</p>

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.

Hype outraces facts in malpractice debate

March 5, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">USA Today</p> <p>Premiums are rising rapidly, but no more than other health care costs. They represent only a small slice of doctors' expenses. Even for the hardest-hit specialists, the most severe problems are concentrated in a handful of states.</p>

Malpractice Insurance: No Clear or Easy Answers

March 5, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The New York Times</p> <p>The greatest drops in premiums and, so far, the most consistent, did not come until after California adopted price controls in 1988, throwing into question the effects of the caps alone.</p>

Tough Call: Should There Be A Cap on Medical Malpractice Awards?

March 4, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">CNNFN-TV MARKET CALL</p> <p>Healthcare reform is a hot-button issue today inside the Beltway. President Bush and lawmakers on Capitol Hill are confronting the soaring costs of medical malpractice insurance.</p>

Family Denied Compensation Upon Wife & Mother’s Death

March 1, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>Janet Warren - Los Angeles, California</h3>

Kaiser offers plan info, medical records online

March 1, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Managed Healthcare Executive</p> <p>Kaiser Permanente will let members and physicians have access to medical records and also provide members with key information about plan operations.</p>

Kaiser offers plan info, medical records online

March 1, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Managed Healthcare Executive</p> <p>Kaiser Permanente will let members and physicians have access to medical records and also provide members with key information about plan operations.</p>

“Assessing the Need to Enact Medical Liability Reform”

February 27, 2003  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<h3>Congressional Testimony of Harvey Rosenfield (February 27, 2003)</h3> <p>Harvey Rosenfield provided testimony on medical malpractice insurance twice before Congress in 2003. This is the second testimony provided to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health.</p>