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MEDICAL LIABILITY 2009

True Risk: Medical Liability, Malpractice Insurance and Health Care (July 22, 2009) Full Report

The following fact sheets deal with a number of medical liability issues connected with the debate over national health care. Many are also pertinent to state fights over medical malpractice liability, insurance and tort issues generally.

Costs Of The Current Medical Malpractice System Are Much Lower Than People Think (Printable PDF)

The Defensive Medicine Myth (PDF)

Health Courts Are Unconstitutional (PDF)

Health Courts And Other Alternative Systems Are Intolerably Unfair To Injured Patients (PDF)

Medical Malpractice Litigation: The Significant Costs Of Alternative Systems (PDF)

The Problem With Medical Malpractice Is The Amount Of Malpractice Itself (PDF)

Far From Being “Broken,” The Current Medical Malpractice System Works Well (PDF)

Litigation Improves Patient Safety And Establishes Responsibility For Errors (PDF)

Fear Of Litigation Is Not Why Doctors Fail To Report Errors Or Communicate With Their Patients (PDF)

Juries V. Cost Savings – An Unacceptable Trade-Off (PDF)

Eliminating Juries Means Few Cases Will Settle (PDF)

Lowering Insurance Costs For Doctors Requires Insurance Industry Reform (PDF)

A Critical Patient Safety Solution: Remove Or Sanction The Small Number Of Bad Doctors Committing Most Malpractice (PDF)

EARLIER MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MATERIALS

The following materials were developed in connection with earier medical malpractice fights but are still topical. Many doctors in the past have said that the problem with malpractice is the amount of malpractice. California’s “cap” on compensation, enacted in 1975, has never been adjusted for inflation and has not caused doctor’s insurance rates to drop.

HOMEOWNER'S INSURANCE / HURRIACANES

STUDY: The Tipping Point: Consumer Group Calls for Removal of Private Sector from Florida Hurricane Business (April 7, 2006) Full Report (PDF)

STUDY: The Insurance Industry’s Troubling Response To Hurricane Katrina (News Release, January 11, 2006) Full Report (PDF)

The Legal Case for Payment of Katrina Victims' Insurance Claims

LIABILITY INSURANCE AND TORT REFORM

AIR Co-releases CFA Report: Dramatic Increase in Insurance Industry Profits (January 2007) Full Report (PDF)

Limiting Liability Will Not Fix Insurance Problems (Updated April 2004)

Insurance Industry Admits: Insurance Business Practices and Investment Cycle to Blame for Insurance Liability “Crisis” (2003)

Response to American Insurance Association Attack on Premium Deceit (2002)

American Insurance Association and American Tort Reform Association Say: Don't Expect "Tort Reform" to Cut Insurance Prices (2002)

STUDY - Premium Deceit: The Failure of "Tort Reform" to Cut Insurance Prices (1999) Full Report (PDF)

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