Consumers for Civil Justice - Forgotten Faces of the Healthcare Crisis

Forgotten Faces of the Healthcare Crisis

Grassroots Action Center

As the debate continues over medical malpractice insurance, do not forget the patients that have been harmed or killed by medical negligence - people who turned to juries for answers because their voices were being silenced by the insurance industry and health care bureaucracy. Their stories need to be told. The following individuals want to have their voices heard.

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Total payments for malpractice judgments have fallen 24.5 percent, from $299.6 million in 2000 to $226.2 million in 2004.
The median payment resulting from a judgment appears to have risen, from $230,000 in 2000 to $265,000 in 2004.
The total number of judgments against physicians dropped 31.9 percent between 2000 and 2004, from 670 to 456.
The number of malpractice judgments against physicians, adjusted for population growth, has fallen 34.6 percent since 2000.