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Pennsylvania's Medical Malpractice Costs Dropping, Says Gov. Rendell

East News • October 26, 2007
The amount of money paid by a state medical malpractice insurance fund will decline for a fourth straight year, a sign that the state's malpractice problem is improving, Gov. Ed Rendell said. The ...

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Subject: Dance with the Best

Posted On: October 26, 2007, 2:04 pm CDT
Posted By: Claims Guy
Comment:
Leave it to the politicians to put a favorable "spin" on a continuing problem. My son was (past tense) a general surgeon in Philadelphia. He was forced to leave the state 5 years ago because malpractice insurance cost him $80,000/year and he never had a suit filed against him. He and scores of other medical professionals have already left the state. Now the pols are boasting of what a great job they've done. The underlying problem is that even if a suit has no merit and is dismissed, the insurance company must still incur defense costs, and the incident becomes part of the physicians record without qualification is had no merit.
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Malpractice reform J Diesel
Nov 1, 2007, 5:55 pm
Dance with the Best Claims Guy
Oct 26, 2007, 2:04 pm
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