Malpractice insurance rates reach boiling point. Physicians burned by lawyers, lawsuits and jury awards.
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.
Weber
David O
DO
doweber@mcn.org
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