No Insurer Profit In Med-Mal Awards: Report

The first study, co-authored by H. E. Frech III, a professor of economics at the University of California, was "An Economic Assessment of Damage Caps in Medical Malpractice Litigation Imposed by State

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WASHINGTON–Insurers and physicians don’t generate excess profits when states impose caps on medical malpractice awards, according to a new study.

And another study on the issue says the nation is undergoing its third med-mal “crisis” since the 1970s, this time the result of premiums that have “been rising substantially” since 2001.

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