Across the country, physicians and patients are rallying for physician liability insurance reform and states are seeking legislative solutions to guarantee Every Patient Counts when it comes to the availability of quality health care services.  Unobtainable and unaffordable medical liability insurance forces physicians to limit the services they offer their patients, relocate their practices to states with more favorable medical liability laws or simply retire.  As a result, patients are unable to access quality health care in a timely fashion. 

Numerous states, including Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Washington State, and Wyoming are experiencing medical liability problems at crisis levels. 

Check on your state below to find out more about efforts to ensure Every Patient Counts.

 
 

 

Women have been especially affected because obstetricians have been among the first to give up practice in certain states. Rural residents are often already underserved, so they are more quickly affected when physicians begin to leave the area.
"Liability for Medical Malpractice: Issues and Evidence," Joint Economic Committee report, May 6, 2003

There are hardly any rural communities left in Mississippi that have doctors willing to deliver babies.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, July 24, 2002