News tagged with 'Medical Malpractice'

A survey of 1,231 doctors finds that 91 percent believe that doctors order more tests in order to protect themselves from medical malpractice lawsuits. A CBO survey had found that medical malpractice lawsuits amount to less than 2 percent of overall healthcare spending.

Hospitals could save thousands of lives and billions of dollars if they acted like the top five hospitals in the U.S., according to HealthGrades.

A Georgia Supreme Court decision will allow those catastrophically injured by medical malpractice to take their case before a jury and have the jury decide what the case is worth, without imposed caps.

A bill proposed in the Florida Legislature would shield doctors, nurses, EMS workers, paramedics from liability from gross negligence and medical malpractice up to $200,000 with the state picking up the rest.

President Obama makes his final push for health care reform as insurers are emboldened to enact large premium hikes.

The president of WellPoint Insurance faced Indiana lawmakers to answer why some individual premiums rose up to 38 percent at a time of record profits and executive bonuses.

About 40 percent of Americans polled said it would be good if health care reforms proposed by President Obama never materialize.

A man tried to get his medical records after suing a surgeon for medical malpractice and was told by the Tampa hospital to expect a bill for a million dollars, a retrieval fee.

The insurance industry is on the hot seat as health care reform clearly points to insurance industry reform. When the Senate version is introduced it will include repealing an act that since 1945 has given insurers the freedom to charge what they want for consumers' health insurance and doctors' medical malpractice insurance.

The House just pass health care reform moments ago in a historic change to the way health care is delivered in this country.

Saturday night a historic vote on health care reform is nearing with a few changes - an abortion amendment was added in some last minute wrangling and the Boehner substitute amendment was defeated.

A House vote is expected tonight on HR 3962.

Medical errors are costing Americans at least $17 billion a year, but is not the focus of health care reform. In fact, the Republican version makes it much tougher for those already injured to seek help.

This afternoon there was some agreement when lawmakers voted 242-to-192 to approve a must-pass procedural measure to set up terms for debate of the $1.2 trillion health care reform bill. President Obama visited with lawmakers to urge passage.

In the discussion of health care reform in the House today what's missing is a reminder that the current system is unsustainable. As Americans lose their insurance through job loss and because of the cost of private insurance, they raise their risk of death by 40 percent.