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Insurance

Apr. 24, 2002

Insurers Gouge Doctors to Cover Investment Shortfalls

Forum Column - By Michael Fields - Medical malpractice insurance rates have shot through the roof. Insurers are jacking up the premiums charged to physicians, hospitals and nursing homes by as much as 400 percent. To justify these price hikes, insurance companies claim there's a crisis caused by an "explosion" in malpractice lawsuits.

        Forum Column
        
        By Michael Fields
        Medical malpractice insurance rates have shot through the roof. Insurers are jacking up the premiums charged to physicians, hospitals and nursing homes by as much as 400 percent. To justify these price hikes, insur...

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