Medical Insurance Studied Companies, Not Legal System, Causing Liability Rates to Rise -- Study
Wyoming Tribune - Eagle › October 05, 2005
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CHEYENNE -- A study of medical malpractice insurance in Wyoming over the last 30 years says the insurance industry, not the legal system, is to blame for causing physicians' rate hikes.
Conducted by Americans for Insurance Reform, the report concludes that medical insurance companies' premiums correspond to the strength of the national economy, rather than increases or decreases in the amount they pay in jury awards, settlements or other costs.See the full content of this document
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Medical Insurance Studied Companies, Not Legal System, Causing Liability Rates to Rise -- Study
It also says there hasn't been an explosion in medical malpractice payouts and that inflation-adjusted payouts per doctor in the state dropped from 2000 to 2002.
The study's release was w...See the full content of this document
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