Where We Stand - Medical Liability Reform | Advocacy

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Medical Liability Reform

Professional liability insurers are leaving states with higher claim rates, dropping physicians in high risk specialities or simply refusing to issue professional liability insurance to physicians.

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GOP SGR Framework proposal as Released by the Ways Means Energy Commerce Committees (25-Feb-13)
How Bad Budget Choices and Broken Politics Are Undermining Progress in Health (26-Jan-12)
Reforming Medicare in the Age of Deficit Reduction (16-Apr-12)
Medical Liability Reform Deficit Reduction Sign-On Letter (03-Oct-11)
Health Care Coverage, Capacity and Cost: What Does the Future Hold? (27-Jan-11)
Letter to Reduce Federal Spending (12-Sep-11)

Policy

Reforming the Medical Professional Liability Insurance System (13-Jan-03)
Summary of ACP's Positions on Medical Liability Reform (Dec-11)
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Additional Resources: Links to Other Organizations

American Tort Reform Association - ATRA (www.atra.org)
Health Care Liability Alliance - HCLA (www.hcla.org)
Physicians Insurance Association of America - PIAA (www.piaa.us)
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
National Governors Association - NGA (www.nga.org)
National Conference of State Legislators - NCSL (www.ncsl.org)
National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCIL) (www.ncoil.org)

ACP Policies and Recommendations

This library is a collection of ACP's Clinical Guidelines, Ethical Guidelines, Policy Statements, and copies of testimony and letters to government and non-government officials.