Sentences with phrase «spending on medical malpractice»

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The company has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying state officials on issues related to medical malpractice, according to the state's lobbying database.

In recent years, PRI has spent hundreds of thousands of dollars lobbying state officials on legislation related to medical malpractice.

Last year, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office concluded that enacting medical malpractice reform would, on average, reduce malpractice insurance costs by 10 percent nationwide, and probably more in New York, resulting in a more than $ 300 million of overall reduction in health care spending in our state budget.

Physicians» Reciprocal Insurers has also spent six - figure sums lobbying on issues related to medical malpractice, in addition to the recent $ 50,000 gift.

A shareholder in the Casualty Department, Mark has spent his legal career defending insurance carriers, self - insured companies and individuals on a broad array of matters including products liability, premises liability, motor vehicle accidents and medical malpractice cases.

In fact, California's medical malpractice insurance industry has become so bloated due to this cap, that «as little as 2 or 3 percent of premiums are used to pay claims» and «the state's biggest medical malpractice insurer, Napa - based The Doctors Company, spent only 10 percent of the $ 179 million collected in premiums on claims in 2009.»

She has spent the entirety of her career focusing on medical malpractice and a variety of personal injury cases.

For example, the priciest contest on a statewide ballot in 2014 was a measure to cap payouts in medical - malpractice cases, in which both sides spent a total of $ 4 per registered voter.