Following medical malpractice and legal news in New York
Michael Rosenberg released the following in an effort to promote positive legislation:
“With just four days remaining before the Superintendent of Insurance is set to impose another exorbitant increase to the already unaffordable cost of medical liability insurance, physicians across New York State are urging the State Legislature to return to Albany to take action to [...]
Current negotiations for medical malpractice reform are delaying the release of the newest malpractice rates. The New York Sun highlights:
The state’s insurance superintendent, Eric Dinallo, is holding off on raising medical malpractice insurance rates pending negotiations on ways to reform the state’s malpractice system, the insurance department announced yesterday.
When rates for 2008-09 are determined, [...]
Medical malpractice rates are a cost of doing business for doctors and look to be going up according to the New York Sun:
New York physicians are asking for a moratorium on a medical malpractice insurance rate hike that state insurance officials are expected to announce next week.
The rates, set each year by the state’s Insurance [...]
A recent post by the Wall Street Journal points out that a study published in Health affairs reports that Massachusetts medical malpractice premiums have actually fallen since 2005:
Given how often we hear complaints about rising malpractice premiums, we couldn’t help but notice a study out today that suggested rates have actually fallen slightly in Massachusetts [...]
In New York, a medical malpractice insurance crisis has resulted in skyrocketing insurance rates, $50,000 surcharges, and calls for legal reform even from the Democratic governor and legislature. The Center for Justice & Democracy complains, claiming there’s nothing wrong with the legal system, and it’s all the fault of the insurance companies because they kept [...]
Coming off of the heels of New York State raising medical malpractice premiums by 15%, there are rumors that they may now be surcharged up to $50,000 and have an additional increase in their premiums by 10-15%. Physicians are concerned that many doctors will have to close their doors and leave patients without any care [...]