The president of the Maryland Trial Lawyers Association, Wayne M. Willoughby, writes an excellent response in the Baltimore Sun to a Maryland doctor’s editorial arguing that we have a problem with frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits in Maryland. Take whatever side you want on the medical malpractice tort reform issues, but…
More evidence doctors are focusing on insurance companies instead of medical malpractice lawyers. The American Medical Association has a new campaign called “the Cure for Claims.” Their mission: to force/encourage health insurers to pay claims quickly. The AMA claims that $210 billion is added to the cost of health care…
The Baltimore Sun ran a story on Tuesday about the shortage of doctors in Maryland’s rural areas. The problem rural areas have is that doctors cannot earn what they can in more urban areas. Historically, MedChi, the Maryland state medical society, has tried to wrap all of these problems up…
Medical Economics has an editorial from a medical malpractice defense lawyer who has defended physicians in malpractice cases for over 32 years. The author expresses the opinion that after having tried over 200 medical malpractice jury trials and won over 90 percent of those cases that if the same cases…
Many doctors in South Florida are reportedly flying with a net: 21% of medical doctors do not have medical malpractice insurance. I have never seen data in Maryland, but I suspect the numbers are lower. My solution is simple: require all doctors practicing medicine in Maryland to have medical malpractice…