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Utah Legislature: Bill seeks to reduce medical malpractice lawsuits (Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — Communication between medical care providers and patients suing for malpractice is being strongly...
Court Refuses To Reconsider $110M Malpractice Fund Ruling (WMUR New Hampshire)
The New Hampshire Supreme Court has refused to reconsider its ruling rejecting the state's claim to $110 million surplus from a fund that underwrites medical malpractice insurance.
Medical profession must police itself (Juneau Empire)
At the outset of President Obama's summit on health care recently, Sen. Lamar Alexander , R-Tenn., told the president to "put an end to junk lawsuits against doctors." No one could protest that sentiment. But any effort at malpractice reform needs to ensure that the medical profession does a better job of policing itself. Three recent stories shine a floodlight on the need for improvement.
State's malpractice data offer ammo for both sides (The Patriot-News)
Medical malpractice is again at the center of the health care debate. President Barack Obama said he's open to ideas from Republicans.
Pennsylvania data shed light on national malpractice debate (The Patriot-News)
Medical malpractice has again moved to the center of national debate.
Student files malpractice complaint with Leena's support (The Nation - Thailand's English news)
Leena Jang Foundation's chairwoman Leena Jangjanja yesterday took a Ramkhamhaeng University student to file a police complaint against the Bang Mod 1 Hospital for malpractice, which resulted in her losing her right eye. The hospital, however, insisted that the patient was given the best care available but the infection had spread so fast that the eye had to be removed.
High court denies JUA rehearing (Concord Monitor)
The state Supreme Court denied a request by the state to reconsider its ruling on whether the state can take $110 million from a medical malpractice fund.
Do policy tweaks help Democrats with mid-term elections? (People's Daily)
by Matthew Rusling U.S. President Barack Obama has of late become a legislative sculptor -- adding a bit here and reshaping a bit there. He first agreed to add four Republican ideas to healthcare reforms -- expanding health savings accounts, investigating fraud cases, boosting payments to Medicare providers and expanding programs to reform medical malpractice. &$ &$U.S. President Barack Obama ...
Do policy tweaks help Democrats with mid-term elections? (2) (People's Daily)
He first agreed to add four Republican ideas to healthcare reforms -- expanding health savings accounts, investigating fraud cases, boosting payments to Medicare providers and expanding programs to reform medical malpractice. The president also gave his go-ahead to Republicans by granting 8 billion U.S. dollars in federal loan guarantees to build two nuclear reactors in Georgia -- a move ...
Utah Legislature: House approves changes to medical malpractice law (Deseret News)
SALT LAKE CITY — A bill intending to protect both medical care providers from frivolous malpractice lawsuits but not...
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