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The Doctor IS In
Posted by medconsumers on October 31, 2004
New York’s Increasing Number of Doctors
Goverment Data Refutes Medical Lobby’s Claims
Endorsed by:
B.E.S.T. F.R.I.E.N.D.S.
Center for Justice & Democracy
Center for Medical Consumers
New York Public Interest Research Group
New York StateWide Senior Action Council
Patient Safety Alliance
Public Citizen
PULSE of New York
Written by:
Frank Clemente, Public Citizen
Blair Horner, NYPIRG
Arthur Levin MPH, Center for Medical Consumers
October, 2004
For three years in a row, New York’s medical and insurance lobby has rallied to protest what it calls “skyrocketing” medical malpractice premiums. Available governmental data show that there is no justification for the claims of the American Medical Association (AMA) and Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY) that New York is one of a number of states facing a crippling malpractice insurance “crisis.” In fact, after ten years of no increase in overall malpractice premiums,1 in 2003 and 2004 small increases of 8.5% and 7% respectively, were approved by the New York State Insurance Department.
Hardly a “crisis.”
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