01 June 2008
Medical Malpractice Crisis? Wrong.
06/02/08 09:07 Filed in: Medical
Malpractice | Tort Reform
Yet again, another study indicates that the whole
'medical malpractice crisis' is an overblown attempt
by the insurance industry to support a crumbling
argument for tort reform. Frequently we are told that
physicians are fleeing the practice of medicine
because trial lawyers have caused malpractice
insurance premiums to skyrocket. Massachusetts has
been described by the AMA as such crisis state, with
settlement payments for victims of physician
negligence the fourth highest in the United
States.... Yet, surprise, "[m]ost
physicians paid lower inflation-adjusted premiums in
2005 than
in 1990." The reality, as always, is that the
insurance companies pump up the malpractice crisis in
order to pump up their own profits.
Study by Health Affairs here.
Study by Health Affairs here.
