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Study Finds Little Action Taken Against Dangerous Doctors
State medical boards either lack information or lack incentive to act By Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairsMarch 15, 2011Think someone is making sure your doctor is competent? Don't be too sure.An...
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Feds Take Down Malpractice Database
No explanation given for removal of data that has been public for 15 yearsBy Truman Lewis of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 19, 2011For more than 15 years, researchers, reports and policymakers have been...
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Journalism Groups Make Malpractice Database Public
Obama Administration blocks doctor discipline records, threatens reporterBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 22, 2011A few days ago, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Feds Admit They Removed Malpractice Data to Protect Physicians
Public database, built and maintained with public funds, now closed to the publicBy James R. Hood of ConsumerAffairsSeptember 28, 2011An agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)...
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Public Citizen: Medical Malpractice Payments Hit Record Low Last Year
The consumer watchdog says this discredits claims that medical malpractice payments account for soaring health care costsBy James Limbach of ConsumerAffairsJuly 11, 2012Medical malpractice payments in...
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How much do 'catastrophic' malpractice payouts add to healthcare's rising costs?
A study says 'not much,' but makes a case for reducing errors that lead to claimsBy James Limbach of ConsumerAffairsMay 1, 2013You rarely hear a conversation about the cost of healthcare without the...
View ArticleGE: Malpractice Caps Don't Work
By Unknown Author of ConsumerAffairsOctober 27, 2004 Do caps on medical malpractice damage awards hold down doctors' liability insurance premiums? The nation's largest medical malpractice insurer says...
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