Series 2558: Constituent Correspondence, 2000-2003
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From: <N828BC@aol.com>
To: RM.GOV_PO.GOV_MAIL; "atuck@mail.senate.state.ms.us".Net.GOV_MAIL; "dgreen@mail.house.state.ms.us".Net.GOV_MAIL; "rjohnson@mail.senate.state.ms.us".Net.GOV_MAIL
Created: 4/1/2002 11:21 AM
Subject: Tort Reform
Message:
Greetings,
I am one of the seven physicians in Wilkinson County who will be
without medical malpractice insurance on July 1, 2002, if something is not
done to decrease the level of risk the insurance companies are being exposed
to. They do not want to insure me even though I have had NO payouts against
me for the LIFE OF MY POLICY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The reason that this is the
case is related to the following.
I saw in today's issue of Medical Economics (March 22, 2002) in a
chart titled "Top 10 reasons for malpractice claims against primary care
physicians" that the NUMBER 2 reason for litigation is "NO MEDICAL
MISADVENTURE." This was defined with an asterisk as "The doctor was named
in a lawsuit, but there was no allegation of inappropriate medical conduct on
his part.." Fully five percent of these cases resulted payout (an average
payout of $109,212 for nothing done wrong).This is proof that we can practice
perfect medicine and still be sued with loss for no reason/fault of our own.
PLEASE, look at this catastrophic state of affairs and do something to
prevent the mass exodus of physicians from our state. Especially for those
of us on the border with another state, it will happen if we cannot be
insured in our state.
Robert L. Lewis, MD
Woodville
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