Malpractice surprises.It cannot be denied that the cost of malpractice insurance Noun 1. malpractice insurance - insurance purchased by physicians and hospitals to cover the cost of being sued for malpractice; "obstetricians have to pay high rates for malpractice insurance" is a problem. But is it really driving large numbers of doctors away from medicine? According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. recent testimony by a state health official to a committee of the Florida legislature The Florida Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida. The Florida Constitution mandates a bicameral state legislature with an upper house Florida Senate of 40 members and a lower Florida House of Representatives of 120 members. , applications for medical licenses in Florida are not only not declining, but actually rose from 2,261 in fiscal 2000 to 2,258 in 2003. The committee also heard from a state insurance regulator who said, reports the South Florida Sun-Sentinel The South Florida Sun-Sentinel, owned by the Tribune Company, is the main daily newspaper of Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and all of Broward County. Its main competitor in this area is the Miami Herald, out of neighboring Miami-Dade County to the south. , "he often depends on insurance companies' information when deciding whether to raise rates." The committee was told that the state's largest malpractice insurer pays $500,000 a year to the Florida Medical Association. It's called "an entertainment fee." Of course it has nothing to do with the association's efforts to put a cap on malpractice verdicts. |
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