Caps Keep Infants, Women, Seniors, Low-Income Victims From Finding Attorneys ?¡´2?udy shows that California medical malpractice premiums rose 450% in the thirteen years following passage of a cap on victim compensation, and decreased 2% in…
Also Prevents Juries From Being Informed Of Limits on Victims' Recovery Congressional legislation which is supposed to limit medical malpractice victims' recovery will also preempt state laws allowing patients the right to sue their HMOs,…
PUC President Accepted Illegal Gifts From Regulated Entity Michael Peevey, the recently appointed President of the California Public Utilities Commission (PUC), disclosed that he illegally accepted a $2,134 gift from San Francisco Airport, over which…
A report by the CMA contradicts doctor and insurer claims today that the state's malpractice cap has stopped physicians from fleeing the state. A report by the California Medical Association (CMA) contradicts doctor and insurer…
Consumer Advocates Recommend Insurance Regulation, Not Damage Caps, To End Malpractice "Crisis" Consumer and patient advocates called on President Bush to scrutinize the financial ties between state medical societies and the medical malpractice insurers they…
13 Years of Insurance Regulation: CA Premiums DECREASE 2% Medical malpractice premiums rose 450% in the thirteen years following passage of California's cap on victim compensation, and decreased 2% in the same time number of…
Reluctant Physicians Pressured Through Economic Retaliation As Illinois physicians strike today over their malpractice rates, a secret e-mail from striking New Jersey doctors offers a rare glimpse at the cynical strategizing behind the scenes among…
The family of the 17 year old victim of a botched heart-lung transplant, Jesica Santillan, would not be able to find an attorney to take their daughter's case if President Bush's proposed medical malpractice limits…
