The liability insurance crisis in the United States of America refers to a volatile economic... References External links Medical Malpractice Liability Insurance and the McCarran-Ferguson...
Total malpractice insurance costs for doctors and hospitals across the country soared from... total medical care bill, the sense of a "crisis" in malpractice has been fueled by the erratic...
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Not surprisingly, malpractice premiums have also increased dramatically in recent years. Azar described the results of this growing medical liability crisis as "frankly alarming," and said...
RECENT DEVELOPMENTS ; Tort Reform: Many states have considered tort reform over the past few years. In Georgia physicians are considering two options: whether to push for a reinstatement of the $350,000 cap on noneconomic damages, which was deemed unconstitutional by the state’s Supreme Court in 2010 in that it nullified the jury’s ability to award appropriate damages, or whether to dismantle the current liability system in favor of a no-fault model being promoted by Patients for Fair Compen...
A medical malpractice insurance crisis occurred in the mid-1970s and mid-1980s evidenced by escalating malpractice insurance rates and increasing numbers of malpractice claims. Insurance companies...
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The Medical Malpractice Insurance Crisis, Again David N. Hoffman (bio) The real crisis presented by the breakdown of our...
Will there be further consequences? Another medical malpractice crisis is a growing possibility. Physicians, hospitals, and nursing homes, along with manufacturers of vaccines and therapeutics, are apprehensive about potential liability during the pandemic.1 Some health care organizations ...
in medical malpractice insurance premium rates have raised concerns that physicians will no longer be able to afford malpractice insurance and will be forced to curtail or discontinue...
Bulletin 2020-08; Flexibility in the Issuance and Administration of Medical Malpractice Insurance during COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Public Health Crisis