Nader Group Urges Improving Patient Safety, Removing Dangerous Doctors
National News • January 17, 2007
Despite claims by business and medical lobbying interests, there is no medical malpractice lawsuit crisis in America, according to analysis released by Ralph Nader's national group, Public ...
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Subject: RE: RE: RE: What is it with these groups?
Posted On: January 18, 2007, 8:54 am CST
Posted By: Corvair
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Much like West Virginia, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine has also seen dramatic liability insurance premium hikes in the past few years. "In 1997, we paid $4.4 million to cover all of our clinical faculty and the hospital, and now we are paying $24 million in premiums," says Michael Weitekamp, M.D., chief medical officer at the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center and professor of clinical medicine at Penn State. "In our next budget year, we might have to pay as much as $30 million." http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/reporter/july02/medicalmalpractice.htm
Iguess UPenn is just abusing the hell out of its patients.
Subject: RE: RE: RE: What is it with these groups?
Iguess UPenn is just abusing the hell out of its patients.