Each year many groundless malpractice suits are initiated against health care providers, and malpractice premiums are soaring as a result.
"Our nation's medical liability system is broken. Skyrocketing medical liability premiums—$200,000 a year or more in some high-risk specialties – are forcing physicians to limit services, retire early, or move to a state with reforms where premiums are more stable. The crisis is threatening access to care for patients in states without liability reforms."
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As Quoted by- American Medical Association (AMA) |
Feeling the pressure?
Despite this dangerous trend, the insurance and legal systems continue to exert pressure on physicians and their representatives to settle frivolous lawsuits in order to minimize their financial risk. This system forces innocent physicians to appear to "admit guilt" and thus forces them to pay for their misfortune through higher malpractice insurance premiums. Further, the legal system offers little or no disincentive to sue, which leaves physicians vulnerable to frivolous lawsuits filed by unethical plaintiffs, attorneys and expert witnesses.
Feeling abandoned?
There is nothing more distressing to a physician than being sued, especially when the lawsuit has absolutely no merit. The simple threat of a frivolous malpractice suit adversely affects a physician's career and personal life. The current legal medical malpractice infrastructure leaves physicians feeling abandoned and without a true advocate. The risks of being sued together with exorbitant insurance premiums have led many physicians to limit their practice, relocate to less litigious communities, leave the medical profession altogether or, increasingly, to practice without insurance. The situation is untenable and injurious to both physicians and the public.
Justice can be yours
The medical malpractice arena is sizzling with much debate about tort and insurance reform, ethical legal practices, and the validity of expert witnesses. In the backdrop of all of this discussion, Medical Justice has emerged as a leader relentlessly committed to protecting physicians by preventing frivolous medical malpractice lawsuits.
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