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					</url></image><item><title>New Medical Malpractice Case Filing Statistics</title><link>http://www.dayontorts.com/medical-negligence-new-medical-malpractice-case-filing-statistics.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DayOnTorts+%28Day+On+Torts%29</link><description>...new law has had a significant impact on case filings. A reduction in the number of lawsuits is great for medical malpractice insurance companies and bad for insurance defense lawyers who defend malpractice cases. In the short-run, a reduced...</description><guid>http://www.dayontorts.com/medical-negligence-new-medical-malpractice-case-filing-statistics.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+DayOnTorts+%28Day+On+Torts%29</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:55:41 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.dayontorts.com" /></item><item><title>PIA Says Inclusion of Agents in House Healthcare Bill is Positive...
      </title><link>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pia-says-inclusion-of-agents-in-house-healthcare-bill-is-positive-but-concerns-remain-69610992.html</link><description>...in H.R. 3962. The proposed repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson limited antitrust exemption for health and medical malpractice insurance would disrupt the industry's business environment and create substantial legal uncertainty and unnecessary...</description><guid>http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/pia-says-inclusion-of-agents-in-house-healthcare-bill-is-positive-but-concerns-remain-69610992.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:41:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.prnewswire.com" /></item><item><title>Insurance groups object to health care proposals</title><link>http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20091109/NEWS/911099988</link><description>...while the other would repeal the limited antitrust exemption in the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health and medical malpractice insurance. Advertisement “As the bill’s title implies, its goal should be to address issues of health care...</description><guid>http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20091109/NEWS/911099988</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:45:12 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.businessinsurance.com" /></item><item><title>Insurance Agents Hit House Health Bill As Bad for Small Business</title><link>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/11/09/105192.htm</link><description>...also criticized the section repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act antitrust provision for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance as unnecessary. Finally, agents raised concern about the cost of the House bill, estimated to be close...</description><guid>http://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2009/11/09/105192.htm</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:03:49 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.insurancejournal.com" /></item><item><title>"Tort Reform" Is a Desperate Distraction From Health Care Debate</title><link>http://www.injury-and-disability.com/2009/11/tort-reform-is-a-desperate-distraction-from-health-care-debate.html</link><description>...correlation between malpractice payouts and malpractice premiums paid by doctors. A study of the leading medical malpractice insurance companies' financial statements by former Missouri Insurance Commissioner Jay Angoff found that these insurers...</description><guid>http://www.injury-and-disability.com/2009/11/tort-reform-is-a-desperate-distraction-from-health-care-debate.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.injury-and-disability.com" /></item><item><title>Summary of Amendments Submitted to H.R. 3962 - Affordable Health ...
      </title><link>http://www.rules.house.gov/amendment_details.aspx?NewsID=4497</link><description>...It repeals the McCarran-Ferguson Act insurance antitrust exemption with respect to health insurers and medical malpractice insurance. It imposes performance assessment and accountability measures on the Health Choices Administration. It...</description><guid>http://www.rules.house.gov/amendment_details.aspx?NewsID=4497</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:17:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.rules.house.gov" /></item><item><title>American Physicians Service Group, Inc. Reports Continued Strong ...
      </title><link>http://www.zibb.com/article/5636268/American+Physicians+Service+Group+Inc+Reports+Continued+Strong+Earnings+in+the+Third+Quarter</link><description>...result." APS is an insurance and financial services firm with subsidiaries and affiliates which provide medical malpractice insurance for physicians and other healthcare providers and brokerage and investment services to institutions and high...</description><guid>http://www.zibb.com/article/5636268/American+Physicians+Service+Group+Inc+Reports+Continued+Strong+Earnings+in+the+Third+Quarter</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:01:14 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.zibb.com" /></item><item><title>America, The Nanny State</title><link>http://seekingalpha.com/article/170514-america-the-nanny-state?source=feed</link><description>...patient practice, 14 cents out of every dollar collected in fees for services to patients goes toward buying medical malpractice insurance. In a 2003 report that called for medical liability reform, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services...</description><guid>http://seekingalpha.com/article/170514-america-the-nanny-state?source=feed</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:37:59 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://seekingalpha.com" /></item><item><title>Mag Mutual trolls market for new home</title><link>http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/11/02/story6.html?ana=from_rss</link><description>...campus-like office space near MARTA Northside expands spinal program to Forsyth The largest provider of medical malpractice insurance in Georgia confirms it’s exploring the market for a new office building. MAG Mutual Insurance...</description><guid>http://atlanta.bizjournals.com/atlanta/stories/2009/11/02/story6.html?ana=from_rss</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://atlanta.bizjournals.com" /></item><item><title>Author's Experiences Bring Home Need for Health-Care Reforms</title><link>http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20091025/scene/arts/20091025Experiences.html</link><description>...but a calling we could no longer afford." The Harmans gave up delivering babies. "The cost of medical malpractice insurance remains too high in West Virginia," she says. "Things have changed very little, and our litigious culture...</description><guid>http://www.thepilot.com/stories/20091025/scene/arts/20091025Experiences.html</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 19:59:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.thepilot.com" /></item><item><title>Democrats Push To End Insurers' Antitrust Exemption</title><link>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114063950&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</link><description>...have a greater role in reforming health and medical malpractice insurance markets than would otherwise be the case...Lawrence Powell, who testified on behalf of the medical malpractice insurance industry. "The best possible outcome...</description><guid>http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=114063950&amp;ft=1&amp;f=1001</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:59:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.npr.org" /></item><item><title>A Window into Washington: Report on Hearings for S. 1681 and H.R....
      </title><link>http://www.antitrustlawblog.com/2009/10/articles/article/a-window-into-washington-report-on-hearings-for-s-1681-and-hr-3596-proposed-legislation-to-end-health-insurers-antitrust-exemption/</link><description>...Varney added that repealing the Act would allow competition to have a greater role in reforming health and medical malpractice insurance markets than would otherwise be the case. Responding to questions regarding insurers’ data sharing practices...</description><guid>http://www.antitrustlawblog.com/2009/10/articles/article/a-window-into-washington-report-on-hearings-for-s-1681-and-hr-3596-proposed-legislation-to-end-health-insurers-antitrust-exemption/</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:11:35 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.antitrustlawblog.com" /></item><item><title>Public Option 'Opt-Out' Eyed</title><link>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/22/public-option-added-senate/</link><description>...exemptions covering the industry would "allow competition to have a greater role in reforming health and medical malpractice insurance markets than would otherwise be the case." The Senate negotiations have proceeded in unusual secrecy...</description><guid>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/10/22/public-option-added-senate/</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 08:32:16 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.foxnews.com" /></item><item><title>Negotiators mull public option in health care bill</title><link>http://www.examiner.com/a-2283152~Negotiators_mull_public_option_in_health_care_bill.html?cid=rss-Business</link><description>...current exemptions covering the industry would "allow competition to have a greater role in reforming health and medical malpractice insurance markets than would otherwise be the case." The Senate negotiations have proceeded in unusual secrecy...</description><guid>http://www.examiner.com/a-2283152~Negotiators_mull_public_option_in_health_care_bill.html?cid=rss-Business</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 03:43:10 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.examiner.com" /></item><item><title>Congress cranks up pressure on insurance industry</title><link>http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59L4XZ20091022?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=healthNewsMolt</link><description>...The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee passed a plan to limit the exemption and make health and medical malpractice insurance companies subject to laws on price-fixing and market allocation. Continued... View article on single...</description><guid>http://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE59L4XZ20091022?feedType=RSS&amp;feedName=healthNewsMolt</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:31:03 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://uk.reuters.com" /></item><item><title>Medical Liability Monitor Annual Survey of Medical Malpractice In...
      </title><link>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3077024.htm</link><description>...Monitor Annual Survey of Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Shows Medical Liability...Liability Monitor publishes medical malpractice insurance premium rates for every...survey indicates that medical malpractice insurance rates changed little from...</description><guid>http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3077024.htm</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:36:24 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.prweb.com" /></item><item><title>The Power of the Plaintiffs' Bar -- By: NRO Staff</title><link>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2JiYzQ2MjQ5NWJiYTg1NjgwZjhmMTQ1OTNiYjA0ODA=</link><description>...health care, which is driven in large measure by abusive tort litigation. This litigation greatly increases medical malpractice‐insurance costs and forces doctors to practice “defensive medicine” that is, order unnecessary tests and treatments...</description><guid>http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=M2JiYzQ2MjQ5NWJiYTg1NjgwZjhmMTQ1OTNiYjA0ODA=</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:00:45 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://article.nationalreview.com" /></item><item><title>Medical malpractice woes linger</title><link>http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/10/19/story1.html?ana=from_rss</link><description>...succeeded in lowering medical malpractice insurance rates, but hasn’t...found that the average medical malpractice insurance premium for Florida practitioners...laws are undeniable: Medical malpractice insurance companies in Florida...</description><guid>http://southflorida.bizjournals.com/southflorida/stories/2009/10/19/story1.html?ana=from_rss</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://southflorida.bizjournals.com" /></item><item><title>Florida medical malpractice rates dropping</title><link>http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2009/10/19/story8.html?ana=from_rss</link><description>...Florida HMO profits down 5% in first quarter Medical malpractice woes linger Businesspeople who see medical malpractice insurance rates as a major factor in driving up health care costs got good news Oct. 1: Doctors’ premiums fell...</description><guid>http://orlando.bizjournals.com/orlando/stories/2009/10/19/story8.html?ana=from_rss</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://orlando.bizjournals.com" /></item><item><title>Law.com - In Health Care Debate, Democrats Call on Justice Depart...
      </title><link>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202434577163&amp;rss=newswire</link><description>...Repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act would allow competition to have a greater role in reforming health and medical malpractice insurance markets than would otherwise be the case," Varney said. She added that, if Congress gave her the authority...</description><guid>http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1202434577163&amp;rss=newswire</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 18:02:07 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.law.com" /></item><item><title>AFL-CIO NOW BLOG | Senate Finance Passes Health Care Reform Bill....
      </title><link>http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/10/13/senate-finance-passes-health-care-reform-bill-public-option-still-awol/</link><description>...insurance, just to name a few. We need two things from the federal government. One: pass “affordable medical malpractice insurance for all.” Doctors don’t need tort reform, they need malpractice insurers who are price gouging them by charging...</description><guid>http://blog.aflcio.org/2009/10/13/senate-finance-passes-health-care-reform-bill-public-option-still-awol/</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 19:38:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://blog.aflcio.org" /></item><item><title>Lawyers target Israeli medical supplier - UPI.com</title><link>http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/13/Lawyers-target-Israeli-medical-supplier/UPI-78091255454605/</link><description>...illness at three now-closed clinics run by Dr. Dipak Desai, the Las Vegas Sun reported. Kemp said Desai's medical malpractice insurance would never be able to cover the $300 million he contends is owed the patients, and so is looking for the...</description><guid>http://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2009/10/13/Lawyers-target-Israeli-medical-supplier/UPI-78091255454605/</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:23:25 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.upi.com" /></item><item><title>House considers limited repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act</title><link>http://abrn.search-autoparts.com/abrn/Collision+Repair/House-considers-limited-repeal-of-McCarran-Ferguso/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/633832?ref=25</link><description>...for next week. The purpose of H.R. 3596 and S. 1681 is to ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot legally engage in price fixing, bid rigging or market allocations to the detriment of competition...</description><guid>http://abrn.search-autoparts.com/abrn/Collision+Repair/House-considers-limited-repeal-of-McCarran-Ferguso/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/633832?ref=25</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://abrn.search-autoparts.com" /></item><item><title>Finally, Pennsylvania gets a budget</title><link>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09283/1004516-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml</link><description>...transferring money from the tobacco-settlement fund and tapping an account that subsidizes physicians' payments for medical malpractice insurance. Relying on fund transfers does not position the state well for the future, said House Minority Leader...</description><guid>http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09283/1004516-28.stm?cmpid=news.xml</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 04:00:00 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://www.post-gazette.com" /></item><item><title>Highlights of 2009-10 Pa. spending plan agreement (AP)</title><link>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Highlights-of-200910-Pa-apf-4246989421.html?x=0&amp;.v=1</link><description>...fund that helps doctors and hospitals buy medical malpractice insurance coverage to raise $171 million SURPLUSES...contingency fund -- Transfers $808 million from medical malpractice insurance coverage funds -- Transfers $143 million...</description><guid>http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Highlights-of-200910-Pa-apf-4246989421.html?x=0&amp;.v=1</guid><category domain="http://www.zibb.com">Medical Malpractice Insurance</category><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:29:34 GMT</pubDate><source url="http://finance.yahoo.com" /></item></channel></rss>