title: Malpractice insurance rates reach boiling point. Physicians burned by lawyers, lawsuits and jury awards.
abstract: Costs of medical malpractice insurance are soaring. Major insurers are refusing to write policies. And doctors are struggling to pay their premiums. Find out what's behind the insurance crisis.
authors.affiliation: doweber@mcn.org
authors.forename: David O
authors.initials: DO
authors.lastname: Weber
mesh_terms: D005249:Fees and Charges / Q000639:trends*; D006801:Humans; D007343:Insurance Carriers / Q000191:economics / Q000639:trends; D007351:Insurance, Liability / Q000191:economics* / Q000639:trends; D007603:Jurisprudence; D016365:Liability, Legal / Q000191:economics*; D008318:Malpractice / Q000191:economics / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D010820:Physicians / Q000191:economics* / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D014481:United States