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2. Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act - Wikipedia

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   The Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act (MICRA) of 1975 was a statute enacted by the California Legislature in September 1975 [1] and signed into law by Governor Jerry Brown in September. [2] This Act was intended to lower medical malpractice liability insurance premiums for healthcare providers in California by decreasing their potential ...

3. Medical malpractice in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Following 2003, medical malpractice insurance rates were reduced in Texas. [ 43 ] [ 45 ] However, the Center for Justice & Democracy at New York Law School reports that rate reductions are likely attributable not to tort laws, but because of broader trends, such as "political pressure, the size of prior rate hikes, and the impact of the ...

4. California gets new rules covering medical malpractice ... - AOL

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   Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a bill to increase medical malpractice awards for pain and suffering. California gets new rules covering medical malpractice payments. Here's what will change

5. Tort reform - Wikipedia

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   As an argument against the current system, tort reformers link the rising costs of premiums for physicians' medical malpractice insurance [18] to the rising cost of personal and group policy health insurance coverage. California's Medical Injury Compensation Reform Act has been cited as a model for tort reform in health care. Others deny that ...

6. California's malpractice payouts would rise under a deal to ...

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7. Malpractice Insurance Prices Are Stopping Small Clinics From ...

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   Even in states where laws protect minors’ access to gender-affirming care, malpractice insurance premiums are keeping small and independent clinics from treating patients.

8. Health care reforms proposed during the Obama administration

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   A New York study found that only 1.5% of hospital negligence led to claims; moreover, the CBO observed that "health care providers are generally not exposed to the financial cost of their own malpractice risk because they carry liability insurance, and the premiums for that insurance do not reflect the records or practice styles of individual ...

9. Non-economic damages caps - Wikipedia

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   Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, the Illinois Supreme Court ruled that Section 2-1706.5 of Public Act 94-677, which placed caps on non-economic damages in medical malpractice actions, violated the separation of powers clause in the Illinois Constitution and was therefore facially invalid. Additionally, because Public Act 94-677 contains an ...