April 2008

(4/29/2008, 5:05 p.m.)  --  An impasse between the governor of Pennsylvania and that state's legislature has temporarily derailed a medical liability abatement program, thus forcing many Pennsylvania physicians to pay a higher rate for medical liability insurance. "Family physicians are now required to pay anywhere from $1,500 to $2,500 in additional liability costs that would have been abated had the program been reauthorized by the state legislature," said Andrew Sandusky, vice president of governmental affairs at the Pennsylvania AFP. More