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Tuesday, January 28, 2003
THE BATTALK
Doctors protest rising malpractice insurance cost
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By Jill Barton
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
More than 800 doctors in Florida,
and a dozen more in Mississippi, stayed
off the job Monday to protest rising
malpractice insurance costs.
Organizers of the protest in the Palm
Beach County area said the doctors
were staying off the job to attend a two-
day conference looking at the problem.
Palm Beach hospitals prepared for
the absence by adding to their emer
gency room staff and rescheduling
elective surgeries. No problems had
been reported Monday.
“We want the patients to understand
that there’s a major crisis and something
has to be done soon,” said Dr. Stephen
Babic, a Delray Beach cardiologist.
About two dozen surgeons walked
off the job in West Virginia earlier this
month. Doctors in New Jersey are con
sidering a similar protest in February.
A task force appointed by Florida
Gov. Jeb Bush recently voted to recom
mend that jury awards for punitive
damages and pain-and-suffering
awards in medical malpractice cases be
capped at $250,000. A final report is
due by the end of this month.
“The quality of care for Floridians
will be diminished if we don't deal with
medical malpractice reform. In the long
run, that’s the issue,” Bush said Monday.
Since 1975, rates for professional
liability insurance have increased five
fold across the nation. In comparison,
rates for doctors in California, where
refonns were passed in 1975, rose only
167 percent during the same period,
Cline said.
Wayne Portch, 56, said he lost both
legs below the knee and parts of four
fingers after two doctors failed to diag
nose an infection over four days. He
and his wife say they’re looking for
accountability.
In Mississippi, a dozen surgeons
took leaves of absence Monday from
four Gulf Coast hospitals — Memorial
Hospital, Garden Park Medical Center,
Gulf Coast Medical Center and
Hancock Medical Center.
Mississippi Gov. Ronnie Musgrove
criticized Mississippi’s Legislature
for not taking action during a special
session on tort reform last year.
“My plan included the creation of a
compensation fund to address the
immediate needs of health care
providers and to ensure health care cov
erage for our people,” he said.
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