Australian med-mal crisis

It’s now abated, following states’ enactment of laws limiting recovery, and “the country’s biggest medical indemnity company has emerged from near collapse to reveal it will be able to cut premiums by an average 20 per cent”. (Mark Metherell, “Indemnity crisis heads for recovery” Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 5). The government also threw some subsidies […]

It’s now abated, following states’ enactment of laws limiting recovery, and “the country’s biggest medical indemnity company has emerged from near collapse to reveal it will be able to cut premiums by an average 20 per cent”. (Mark Metherell, “Indemnity crisis heads for recovery” Sydney Morning Herald, Nov. 5). The government also threw some subsidies at the problem. For more on medical liability and legislated reform Down Under, see Jul. 16, 2003 and May 30, 2004.

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