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He says anecdotal evidence points to a trend of young, graduating physicians preferring to relocate to other states, driven by relatively higher insurance costs and lower reimbursement rates. But medical malpractice insurance rates "are stabilizing in the state, although they are still intolerably high," says Downs. A few years ago "it was hard to get insurance at all."
Checks totaling $16.4 million went out last week to nearly 1,200 neurosurgeons, obstetricians and radiologists to help offset their medical malpractice insurance costs, according to the state's Department of Banking and Insurance.See the full content of this document
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Specialist Doctors Get Insurance Subsidies
Checks totaling $16.4 million went out last week to nearly 1,200 neurosurgeons, obstetricians ...
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