Insurance

COMMENTARY: Insurance ‘Reform’? Consider the Source

March 18, 2003  ·  Jamie Court

<h3>Health-care profiteers aim to grow fatter by feeding off a crisis that has invaded the middle class.</h3> <p>Ultimately, if we really want to cover the uninsured, we're going to need a 2004 ballot initiative that gets past the "Kumbaya" spirit of "Cover the Uninsured" week to the question of who is to blame for the problem.</p>

Spoiling the Victors

March 12, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Orange County Register</p> <p>At least 21 of Gov. Gray Davis' aides from his recent reelection campaign now have comfortable state government jobs...</p>

Lobbyists on Both Sides Duel in the Medical Malpractice Debate

March 12, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The New York Times</p> <p>For weeks, trial lawyers and consumer groups fighting against caps have been bringing malpractice victims to the Capitol -- including a 17-year-old girl whose face had been ruined by botched surgeries and a woman whose breasts had been removed unnecessari</p>

Lawmakers told damage caps ineffective

March 11, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Associated Press</p> <p>Measures to limit medical malpractice damage awards would make it difficult for victims to get just compensation and do little to reduce insurance costs, lawyers and malpractice victims told a House panel on Tuesday.</p>

Malpractice Reforms Fail To Cure Some States’ Premium Woes

March 10, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">National Underwriter</p> <p>Last week we reported on states where malpractice reforms succeeded in controlling costs. This week we review several states where reforms have not delivered all of their anticipated benefits.</p>

Consumer Group Releases Doctor E-mails Detailing Strike

March 10, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">National Journals Technology Daily</p> <p>In addition to plans of action, the e-mails also included messages that advised physicians to threaten wavering doctors with loss of referrals, the financial mainstay of many private practices.</p>

Anatomy of a Strike: Doctors’ E-Mail Shows Depth of Anger

March 10, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">The New York Times</p> <p>A month after thousands of New Jersey doctors staged a work stoppage to protest rising malpractice insurance rates, a series of e-mail messages between doctors and protest organizers making those and other recommendations offers an intriguing glimpse into</p>

How Insurance Reform Lowered Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Rates in California

March 7, 2003

This report shows how California’s landmark Proposition 103 has lowered Medical Malpractice rates for doctors across the state. It also shows how caps on damages...

Med-Mal Reform In Senate Doubtful

March 3, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Insurance Chronicle</p> <p>Harvey Rosenfield told the panel that a cap on liability awards, which has existed in California since 1975, would do more to improve insurers' bottom line than lower malpractice premiums and improve access to healthcare.</p>

Editorial – Medical Malpractice

March 2, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<p class="source">Florida Today</p> <p>While caps would lower insurance campanies' payouts, nothing would be done to restrict their ability to boost insurance premiums.</p>

The Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis Hoax;

March 1, 2003  ·  Consumer Watchdog

<h3>The Corporate Drive for Legal Immunity</h3><p class="source">Multinational Monitor</p> <p>Applying a one-size-fits-all limit to non-economic damages objectifies and erases the person, considering them as a fixed "thing" for the purposes of law so that there is no recognition of the uniqueness of their suffering.</p>

Testimony of Harvey Rosenfield on Medical Malpractice Insurance

February 27, 2003  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

<h3>Before the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health</h3> <p>FTCR President Harvey Rosenfield presents testimony on the success of California Insurance reform, Proposition 103, in restraining medical malpractice insurance premiums and the failure of the state's severe malpractice liability caps to reduce rates.</p>