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Editorial: Health care summit ambiguous at best Foster's Daily Democrat, Dover, NH - Feb 28, 2010 ...On tort reform, the GOP had previously sounded weak. On the surface tort reform would only shave a few percentage points off health care costs. But what became apparent Thursday was the impact medical malpractice lawsuits have on forcing defensive medicine... Editorial: Take the next step The Times of Trenton, NJ - Feb 28, 2010 ...And it's about time Democrats consider reasonable limits to medical malpractice awards as well as selling insurance across state lines... Opinion - Michael Smerconish: Head strong: Medical profession must police itself better Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Feb 28, 2010 ...lost in the demonization of trial lawyers for political points is the medical community's inability to cut costs by cutting loose the malpractitioners among them... Despite long odds, Dems push ahead with health care The Times Herald, Norristown, PA (Associated Press) - Feb 27, 2010 ...Obama, who will first discuss the strategy with Democratic congressional leaders, said at Thursday’s bipartisan marathon that he is open to several Republican ideas, including medical malpractice changes... Dems take a second look at GOP proposals, including tort reform The Hill, Washington, DC - Feb 27, 2010 ...This has given an opening to centrist Democrats who want to take on trial lawyers by reforming medical malpractice law. These centrists say that Republican policy makers have made a strong case for lawsuit reform and it would be in the best interests of healthcare reform to meet them part-way... Editorial: Obama takes wise steps toward vital health-care deal Poughkeepsie Journal, NY - Feb 27, 2010 ...Instead, they should incorporate some of the Republican ideas that would help keep health-care costs down in general. They include placing limits on medical malpractice liability and ensuring that certain states don't get sweetheart deals to curry favor and gain the support of Democratic senators who might not support a final measure otherwise... Medical malpractice sector to soften in 2010: Report Business Insurance, New York, NY - Feb 26, 2010 The medical malpractice insurance market is expected to soften in 2010, though some medical malpractice insurers could still be profitable this year, according to a report released Friday by Standard & Poor’s Corp... Medical malpractice news
President, Republicans clash at health-care summit Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter, Manitowoc, WI (Associated Press) - Feb 26, 2010 ...Any skepticism about reaching broad consensus was vindicated as soon as the first Republican spoke — in opposition to the mammoth bills that have passed the House and Senate. Alexander, of Tennessee, said Congress and the administration should start over and take small steps, including medical malpractice reform... No clear winner in seven-hour gabfest Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA (Politico) - Feb 26, 2010 ...Why can't we do something about the biggest cost driver, which is medical malpractice and the defensive medicine that doctors practice? Let's start with a clean sheet of paper where we can actually get somewhere and we can get it into law here in the next several months," Boehner said... Health summit shows divergent views USA Today - Feb 26, 2010 ...Obama: "I've already said that I think this is a real issue. I disagree with John Boehner. John, when you say that it is the single biggest driver of medical inflation, that is just not the case."... In gamble, Obama and Dems prepare to ram health care through Fox News (Associated Press) - Feb 26, 2010 ...Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., who has a track record of working across the political aisle, said he would try to broaden common ground. Obama said he was willing to incorporate medical malpractice changes into his plan... Health summit is a failure as President Obama vows to move forward on reform New York Daily News, NY - Feb 26, 2010 ...Obama insisted that he heard some GOP ideas - such as on medical malpractice reform - that he might be able to embrace. But he was adamant he won't return to the drawing board... Factbox: Areas of agreement, disagreement at health summit Post Chronicle, Denville, NJ - Feb 26, 2010 ...* Republicans said Democrats were only "paying lip service" to medical malpractice reform. * Democrats said placing caps on non-economic awards was not the answer and argued in favor of incentives to states to reduce the need for lawsuits... Fact check: Dueling polls and dubious stats Forbes.com (Associated Press) - Feb 26, 2010 ...The Congressional Budget Office estimated the government could save $41 billion over 10 years by capping jury awards in medical malpractice lawsuits - an idea promoted by Republicans but opposed by trial lawyers... Malpractice liability a hot topic at health care summit Law.com - Feb 26, 2010 Thursday's televised "summit" on health care proved to be a new forum in which Republican lawmakers could press again for limits on medical malpractice awards, and another opportunity for the plaintiffs bar to play defense... Race to pin blame for high health-care costs Wall Street Journal, NY - Feb 26, 2010 ...And doctors say they are strong-armed by insurance monopolies and hampered by medical malpractice costs. In the rush to point fingers, few solutions are emerging... Editorial: What's next for ObamaCare? Santa Cruz Sentinel, CA - Feb 26, 2010 ...But will the president take a smaller plan and be able to count it a political success? One signal that he might came during Thursday's session when Obama said he wants to change how the United States deals with medical malpractice lawsuits -- long a Republican argument for why health care is so expensive... Editorial: No cure in sight: White House summit failed to move the ball on health care bill New York Daily News, Feb 26, 2010 ...Channel whatever bipartisan energy there is on Capitol Hill into three bills, four bills, five bills - manageable and understandable pieces of legislation that build on shared ideas like selling insurance across state lines, improving preventive care, attacking medical malpractice lawsuits and giving health care consumers a much greater role in decision-making... Will the summit impact health reform? CBS News - Feb 25, 2010 ...But there's one big Republican priority that's not in the plan - major medical malpractice reform... Obama open to curbing medical malpractice suits BusinessWeek (Associated Press) - Feb 25, 2010 President Barack Obama says he wants to change how the United States deals with medical malpractice lawsuits, although he says Republicans are overstating its effects on the health care system... Opinion - Katie Connolly: Health-care summit: The most fascinating boring day ever Newsweek - Feb 25, 2010 ...Perhaps the only issue where there was some meaningful movement was tort reform: despite Dick Durbin's eloquent takedown of caps on payouts, Obama believes Republicans have some good ideas and will instruct Democrats to work on them... Medical malpractice news
Q+A: What's the point of Obama's healthcare summit? Reuters - Feb 25, 2010 ...They want a simpler, less costly step-by-step approach that would limit medical malpractice lawsuits, allow small businesses to form health insurance groups and permit insurers to sell policies across state lines... Obama's health talks will underscore party divisions BusinessWeek - Feb 25, 2010 ...Obama and his fellow Democrats plan an increase in government assistance; Republicans more often bring up the need to limit medical malpractice lawsuits... Editorial: Enough talk; pass a health reform bill The Milford Daily News, Milford, MA - Feb 25, 2010 ...We'd be happy to see malpractice reform and some expansion of health insurance competition across state lines... Editorial: Health care: Doing nothing not an option The Charlotte Observer, NC - Feb 25, 2010 ..."End junk lawsuits"? It encourages states to develop new malpractice systems. (The cost of malpractice lawsuits themselves, including legal fees, insurance costs and payouts, amounts to less than half of 1 percent of health-care spending.)... Opinion - John F. Cogan, Glenn Hubbard, and Daniel Kessler: A better way to reform health care Wall Street Journal, New York, NY - Feb 25, 2010 ...Three policy changes will go a long way to achieving these objectives: (1) eliminate the tax code's bias that favors health insurance over out-of-pocket spending; (2) remove state-government barriers to purchasing and providing health services; and (3) reform medical malpractice laws... Opinion - Stephen C. Schimpff: Beyond health care 'rights' Baltimore Sun, MD - Feb 25, 2010 ...Doctors who want malpractice reform (a right) need to do their part to markedly improve patient safety (a responsibility). In this model, both doctor and payer/patient have their rights and their responsibilities - resulting in better care, healthier patients, less-stressed physicians and reduced total costs to the system... Opinion - Arnold 'Duke' Livermore: The problem: Cost control, not insurers News-Journal, Daytona Beach, FL - Feb 25, 2010 ...Second, our current malpractice system is another significant contributor of unnecessary costs. Additional regulation in this area, including the establishment of Health Courts, could eliminate the waste caused by defensive medicine ... Preparing for a health debate, and for its TV audience New York Times, NY - Feb 24, 2010 ...One way Mr. Obama could throw Republicans off stride would be to make a bold opening offer to embrace one of their health care priorities, like limitingmedical malpractice lawsuits — an idea one Democrat close to the White House said had been under consideration... ProAssurance profits up 25% in '09 Birmingham Business Journal, AL - Feb 24, 2010 ...The Birmingham-based medical malpractice insurer posted $222 million in net income for the year ended Dec. 31... House okays repeal of health insurers' antitrust exemption National Underwriter, Hoboken, NJ - Feb 24, 2010 ...Approval for the “Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act” came on a 406-19 vote. The measure did not repeal the antitrust exemption for medical malpractice insurers... US House slaps antitrust law on health insurers Reuters - Feb 24, 2010 ...The Senate Judiciary Committee's version of the legislation is narrower in some ways than the House version, although the Senate bill also strips medical malpractice insurers of their antitrust exemption. Obama has said that he would sign the repeal into law... Medical malpractice news
Stage set for healthcare political drama Washington Post, DC - Feb 24, 2010 ...Republicans demand Democrats abandon their broad proposals for a simpler, less costly, step-by step approach that would limit medical malpractice lawsuits, allow small businesses to form health insurance groups and permit insurers to sell policies across state lines... G.O.P. expects little from Obama's health forum New York Times, NY - Feb 24, 2010 ...The proposal that House Republicans will carry into the meeting with Mr. Obama would encourage small businesses to band together to buy insurance; would give federal money to states to run high-risk pools for people who cannot obtain private insurance; and would limit damages in medical malpractice lawsuits... Health bill faces big hurdles in House Wall Street Journal, New York, NY - Feb 24, 2010 ...Instead of passing a sweeping bill, Republicans say Congress should pass incremental legislation to curb medical malpractice lawsuits, allow insurers to sell policies across state lines and create high-risk pools for sick consumers to obtain coverage... Medical malpractice back on the table? The Omaha World-Herald, NE (Associated Press) - Feb 24, 2010 ...Studies have found that capping malpractice damage awards and making other changes would help reduce overall health care spending nationally. But it’s no magic bullet: Estimates on the size of that reduction vary from a minimal one to, in a perfect world, maybe 10 percent of overall health spending... Editorial: Things to do quickly The Providence Journal, RI - Feb 24, 2010 ...For example, Democrats could adopt some of the GOP’s better ideas, such as reforming America’s medical-malpractice laws. Doctors prescribe much unnecessary testing as protection against malpractice suits... Editorial: The first four steps The Boston Globe, MA - Feb 24, 2010 ...Fourth, Congress must reform the medical malpractice system. The only winners in the current system are the plaintiffs’ lawyers... Opinion - Larry McNeely and Mike Russo: Healthcare reform, not political theater Los Angeles Times, CA - Feb 24, 2010 ...Gregg would pay for his plan by having Medicare beneficiaries pay for more of their care, and by taxing healthcare benefits above $11,500 a year for families and $5,000 for individuals. He sees medical malpractice reform as central to containing healthcare costs... For healthcare summit planners, it's the furniture, stupid! Baltimore Sun, MD - Feb 23, 2010 ...One issue they expect to come up is medical malpractice. Republicans want to see cutbacks in litigation and damages, while Democrats are reluctant to offend trial lawyers who are a major source of campaign money and political support... Newspapers grade latest Obama health plan Dallas Morning News, TX - Feb 23, 2010 ...Or he could have borrowed their ideas on how to curb unwarranted lawsuits and excessive medical malpractice awards... Illinois urges continued competition, lower rates in medical liability line Insurance Journal, San Diego, CA - Feb 23, 2010 The Illinois Department of Insurance reported it has observed increased competition and 10 percent decrease in premium paid in the medical malpractice line of insurance since reforms were enacted in 2005... |
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