The medical community, which includes big Senate GOP donors, opposes the bill, saying it will send already sky -
high malpractice insurance rates soaring.
Rather odd considering there was no immediate drop in
the high malpractice insurance rates — which, supposedly, was the very reason doctors were leaving.
Not exact matches
Just something to consider when discussing Dr's who «push» for a repeat c rather than VBAC — more and more Docs in our litigious society are having their hand's forced by
insurance companies who either will not insure or who charge dramatically
higher rates for
malpractice if they choose to offer VBAC.
That will drive up New York's already
high medical
malpractice insurance rates for physicians and hospitals as well as drive up the already
high cost of health care
insurance for New Yorkers, the group argues.
«[T] he Legislature's determination that «the increase in medical
malpractice liability
insurance rates is forcing physicians to practice medicine without professional liability
insurance, to leave Florida, to not perform
high risk procedures, or to retire early from the practice of medicine» is unsupported.»
Before the development of monitoring improvements during the 1980s, anesthesiologist
malpractice insurance rates were considerably
higher than they are today.
Dental
malpractice insurance rates can vary significantly from state to state, and policies for dentists in large metropolitan areas tend to be
higher than in in rural areas.
Buying nursing
malpractice insurance doesn't have to be a hard process and
rates don't have to be sky -
high.