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Study: MICRA Cuts Malpractice Awards by 30%

National News • July 13, 2004
A landmark California law that caps non-economic awards in medical malpractice lawsuits has cut defendants' payments by 30 percent to plaintiffs who win such lawsuits at trials, according to a ...

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Posted On: January 6, 2005, 2:38 pm CST
Posted By: Chris Russell
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What the Rand study failed to incorporate into its conclusions is that in 1988 a law was passed that limits insurance company profits. That is the main reason why rates have not increased. If you look at the increase in rates from 1975 to 1988 they rose at a same rate as experienced by other states despite MICRA being in effect.
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malpractice caps Chris Russell
Jan 6, 2005, 2:38 pm
Micra cut malpractice awards W. Charles Miller Jr. M.D.
Jul 13, 2004, 4:45 pm
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