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Beware of Offshore Malpractice Insurance

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This story reveals some intriguing facts: not all US States require doctors to carry malpractice insurance; only 14 do.
 
Additionally, to avoid the high insurance fees more and more medical providers use offshore, unregulated insurers.
 
Three cases of malpractice at one Virginia facility, one concerning a liposuction, had to be settled for a small fraction of the amounts sought because the insurer was going out of business.
 
State laws presently appear to be insufficient to prevent this from recurring.


Lack of malpractice insurance can lead to complications -

Virginian Pilot - 3/13/2006 1:12 AM

This story reveals some intriguing facts: not all US States require doctors to carry malpractice insurance; only 14 do.
 
Additionally, to avoid the high insurance fees more and more medical providers use offshore, unregulated insurers.
 
Three cases of malpractice at one Virginia facility, one concerning a liposuction, had to be settled for a small fraction of the amounts sought because the insurer was going out of business.
 
State laws presently appear to be insufficient to prevent this

 
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