March/April - West Virginia State Medical Association
March/April - West Virginia State Medical Association
March/April - West Virginia State Medical Association
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The WVSMA is fighting to save the Med-Mal Caps <br />
On <strong>March</strong> 8, the <strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong> Supreme Court of Appeals will hear the case<br />
challenging our 2003 medical liability reform. The Trial Lawyers are trying to get<br />
the Med-Mal Caps tossed out.<br />
The Caps have been key to the 30% - 40% reduction in physician insurance rates<br />
in the last few years. If the Trial Lawyers win this one, we could be back where we<br />
were ten years ago…skyrocketing premium rates, doctors leaving the state and<br />
patients losing access to care.<br />
The WVSMA is fighting for you and your patients. We appreciate your<br />
membership investment which helps fund our efforts to raise awareness about<br />
the importance of keeping our reforms intact and the costs of our legal filings<br />
with the Supreme Court.<br />
We will continue our<br />
efforts to send a clear<br />
message to the Legislature<br />
and the <strong>State</strong> Supreme<br />
Court that <strong>West</strong> <strong>Virginia</strong><br />
physicians are unified in<br />
our support for keeping<br />
our Med‐Mal Caps.<br />
John H. Schmidt III, MD<br />
WVSMA President
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