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The Center for Justice & Democracy focuses much of our efforts at the state level, where powerful special interests seek to undermine state laws that were created in order to protect the public.
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New York
Medical Malpractice
- Letter to New York State Governor and Legislature About Outrageous Salaries for New York City Hospital Executives(December 15, 2009) PDF
- Consumer Group Letter to NYS Superintendent of Insurance
PDF - Fact Sheet: The Degree and Cost of Medical Malpractice; Key Findings of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine
PDF - News Release: Groups React to NYS Insurance Department Med Mal Rate Hike
PDF - Medical Malpractice Story: Harry Donnelly (NY)
- CJ&D Submissions to the New York State Task Force on Medical Malpractice (Fall/Winter 2007)
- Study: Report of J. Robert Hunter on New York State Medical Malpractice Insurance Situtation (December 17, 2007)
PDF - Letter: Indemnity Fund (December 26, 2007)
PDF - Letter: Solutions (December17, 2007)
PDF - Letter: Tort System (November 7, 2007)
PDF - Letter: Medical Errors (October 18, 2007)
PDF - Letter: Access to Health Care (October 4, 2007)
PDF - Fact Sheet: ACOG is Wrong - Obstetrical Services Are Widely Available in New York
PDF - Letter: Insurance Issues (September 17, 2007)
PDF CURE-NY (Consumers United for Reform and Education) (Fall 2007)
- Fact Sheet: What is CURE-NY?
PDF - Fact Sheet: The Problem of Bad Doctors
PDF - Fact Sheet: Women and Medical Malpractice
PDF CJ&D/NYPIRG Fact Sheets (Summer 2007)
- Fact Sheet: No Wonder There's So Much Malpractice in New York State 2007
PDF - Fact Sheet: Far From Being “Broken,” The Current Medical Malpractice System Works Well
PDF - Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice Claims and Premiums are Smaller Than People Think
PDF - Fact Sheet: Health Courts: Bad For Patientsand Unconstitutional
PDF - Fact Sheet: Medical Malpractice Cases Represent a Tiny Percentage of Tort Cases Filed Each Year
PDF - Fact Sheet: Litigation Improves Patient Safety
PDF - Fact Sheet: Industry Insiders Admit – Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates
PDF - Fact Sheet: Doctors Aren’t Leaving New York – They’re Coming Here!
PDF Studies and Testimony
Finds that the state medical malpractice insurance deficit is unknown and is based on figures that the insurance department admits may not be accurate yet is asserted without caveat; strongly cautions against any precipitous action and urges the department to evaluate this situation on a year-by-year cash flow basis.
For additional information, visit CURE-NY's website.