by PPN | Nov 29, 2016 | National, News
More Tension Over Malpractice Caps A Florida appeals court is the latest judicial body to weigh in on the vexing issue of the state’s medical-malpractice cap, according to a report by The News Service of Florida, posted on News4Jax, among other news sites. In...
by PPN | Nov 29, 2016 | Illinois, National, News
Results of recent judicial elections in southern Illinois demonstrate that voters don’t want personal injury attorneys “ruling the court system,” according to a legal reform advocate. Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch executive director Travis Akin...
by PPN | Oct 28, 2016 | Arkansas, National, Newsletter
Medical liability efforts credited with restraining insurance rates Medical liability insurance rates remained stable, albeit high, in 2016, with medical liability initiatives credited for preventing further sharp increases in costs for physicians. According to the...
by PPN | Oct 24, 2016 | Indiana, National, News
When making the decision to apply to medical school, I told my father, a revered family doctor in South Bend for more than 40 years, that I had anxieties about becoming a doctor. He told me that doctors are human and like all human beings, physicians make mistakes. He...
by PPN | Oct 17, 2016 | National, News
SUMMARY: The American Action Forum (AAF) found multiple state medical liability reforms reduced total healthcare premiums by 2.6 percent. Employer healthcare costs also declined by 3.5 percent. If these results were replicated on a national level, the nation’s insured...
