Comments on: GAO: legal costs drive med-mal rates http://overlawyered.com/2003/07/gao-legal-costs-drive-med-mal-rates/ Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:26:11 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: forum http://overlawyered.com/2003/07/gao-legal-costs-drive-med-mal-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-76 forum Wed, 23 Jun 2004 12:26:32 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=164#comment-76 <strong>Does tort reform affect insurance rates? II</strong> More data piles in refuting the bald claims of ATLA and "consumer" advocates that medical malpractice reform is somehow an insurance company conspiracy that doesn't reduce rates. (See Mar. 22 and Jul. 29, 2003). In an actuarial study using the... Does tort reform affect insurance rates? II

More data piles in refuting the bald claims of ATLA and “consumer” advocates that medical malpractice reform is somehow an insurance company conspiracy that doesn’t reduce rates. (See Mar. 22 and Jul. 29, 2003). In an actuarial study using the…

]]> By: forum http://overlawyered.com/2003/07/gao-legal-costs-drive-med-mal-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-75 forum Wed, 23 Jun 2004 11:55:45 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=164#comment-75 <strong>Bob Herbert's "Malpractice Myths"</strong> "This is all about greed," Bob Herbert explains, talking about medical malpractice. ("Malpractice Myths", NY Times, Jun. 21). Very few would disagree with this sentence standing by itself. But Herbert, without any obvious irony, is ascribing this sin t... Bob Herbert’s “Malpractice Myths”

“This is all about greed,” Bob Herbert explains, talking about medical malpractice. (”Malpractice Myths”, NY Times, Jun. 21). Very few would disagree with this sentence standing by itself. But Herbert, without any obvious irony, is ascribing this sin t…

]]> By: American RealPolitik http://overlawyered.com/2003/07/gao-legal-costs-drive-med-mal-rates/comment-page-1/#comment-74 American RealPolitik Wed, 30 Jul 2003 18:05:20 +0000 http://overlawyered.com/wpblog/?p=164#comment-74 <strong>We're Shocked. Shocked and Stunned.</strong> GAO: Legal Costs Drive Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Congress's General Accounting Office confirms what the Department of Health and Human Services and Joint Economic Committee (PDF) have found before it: We’re Shocked. Shocked and Stunned.

GAO: Legal Costs Drive Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates Congress’s General Accounting Office confirms what the Department of Health and Human Services and Joint Economic Committee (PDF) have found before it:

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