Monday, February 14, 2005

Meanwhile, in Montana...

You don't have to be in New York, Pennsylvania or Atlanta to run into the malpractice crisis. Patients in Montana are losing the services of doctors thanks to malptractice lawsuits:

"In 2002, Montana's medical liability premium rates increased 118 percent for family physicians, 196 percent for obstetricians and 211 percent for neurologists. The same year, St. Vincent Healthcare, one of two major hospitals in Billings, saw its premium costs soar from $300,000 to $3 million."

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