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.