Both sides of Wisconsin's medical malpractice battle - doctors and hospital officials versus trial lawyers and patient advocates - present malpractice caps as black and white. Not having a cap makes ...
In all sectors – from eggs on the grocery store shelves, car repair costs, mortgage rates and what it costs to see your doctor – Americans everywhere are experiencing higher prices on goods and ...
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- While malpractice claims paid in Iowa shrank in 2003, insurance rates paid by doctors continued to grow, according to a study released by the Iowa Trial Lawyers Association.
Long before the legislative session started, a full-page ad accosted readers with this headline: “Medical corporations & insurance companies blame patients harmed by medical malpractice for the ...
Data show that New Mexico was losing OB-GYNs before the insurance spike in recent years. Between 2017 and 2021—before the ...
High costs for medical malpractice insurance are driving physicians to order more tests and do more documentation of health care, and have driven some from practicing certain specialties altogether.
Top officials from Maryland's insurance industry have quietly been working with advocates for trial lawyers and doctors to draw up a plan that would rein in the skyrocketing cost of medical ...