FACT SHEETS AND NEWS RELEASE HIGHLIGHTS
2004 Was the Most Profitable Year Ever for the Insurance Industry Click here for PDF (July 8, 2005)
EPI Story Confirms Data Used to Support "Tort Reform" Unfounded Click here for PDF (May 17, 2005)
Doctors' Insurance Rates Now are Falling Throughout U.S.--Caps Make No Difference!! Click here for PDF (April 20, 2005)
Second Letter to President Bush from Medical Malpractice Victims Requesting Meeting (PDF) (April 18, 2005)
Insurance Regulation is the Answer! Click here for PDF (April 18, 2005)
A Complete List of "Tort Reform" Laws for Hospitals and Doctors that are Already on the Books (Compiled through 2004) (PDF) (April 8, 2005)
Letter to President Bush from Medical Malpractice Victims Requesting Meeting (PDF) (April 7, 2005)
Medical
Liability Reform - Questions and Answers from the Center for Justice & Democracy (PDF) (2004)
Facts
About Obstetricians and Gynecologists (PDF) (2004)
CJ&D
Opposes H.R. 4280: A Cruel Proposal That Will Hurt Patients (PDF) (2004)
Letter
to U.S. Senate: Oppose S. 2061; Mothers And Babies Should Not
Be Treated As Second Class Citizens In Our Nation's Courts (PDF) (2004)
Doctors
Seeking Special Liability Privileges are the Highest-Paid Occupations
in the United States (PDF) (2004)
New
Studies on Medical Errors and Inadequate Care (PDF) (2004)
Consumer Group Letter
to AMA in Response to GAO Report (PDF) (2004)
The
Liability Insurance Crisis – Déjà Vu All Over
Again (PDF) (2004)
Doctors'
Voices: The Problem with Malpractice is Malpractice (PDF) (2004)
Restricting
the Rights of Women to Sue for
Medical Malpractice Will Have Terrible Consequences for Women
and Do Nothing to Reduce Insurance Rates for Doctors (PDF) (2004)
Medical
Malpractice Mismanagement – Why Some Major Insurers Have
Pulled Out of the Market (PDF) (2004)
Facts
About Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (PDF) (2004)
Families
and Victims of Medical Malpractice Request Urgent Meeting with
George W. Bush (PDF) (June 22, 2004)
Families and Victims of Medical Malpractice During Birth Call on Senate to Reject Medical Malpractice Bill (PDF) (February 24, 2004)
Victims of Obstetrical Malpractice Travel to Washington DC - See their stories (PDF) (February 24, 2004)
Facts About Obstetricians and Gynecologists (PDF) (February 23, 2004)
Letter to U.S. Senate: Oppose S. 2061; Mothers And Babies Should Not Be Treated As Second Class Citizens In Our Nation's Courts (PDF) (February 23, 2004)
Consumer Groups and Victims Protest Effort by Richest Doctors in America to Take Away Patients' Rights (PDF) (February 10, 2004)
The Seven Most Important Things to Know About Medical Malpractice (PDF) (February 10, 2004)
Facts About Seven States Targeted For Doctors' Advertising Campaign (PDF) (February 10, 2004)
Insurance Industry Profits are Booming (PDF) (February 7, 2004)
Doctors Seeking Special Liability Privileges are the Highest-Paid Occupations in the United States (PDF) (February 7, 2004)
The Degree and Cost of Medical Malpractice; Key Findings of the National Academy of Sciences Institute of Medicine (PDF) (January 29, 2004)
Facts About Medical Malpractice (one-page) (PDF) (December 3, 2003)
Skyrocketing Premiums and Decreasing Claims Produce Huge Profits for Insurer AIG (PDF) (November 4, 2003)
New Studies on Medical Errors and Inadequate Care (PDF) (October 30, 2003)
Hypocrites of "Tort Reform": Doctors and Organized Medicine (PDF) (October 9, 2003)
GAO Findings Consistent with Earlier Investigations: No Crisis (PDF) (September 30, 2003)
Med Mal Insurer Dumping States with Severe "Tort Reforms": More Evidence that Caps Do Not Work (PDF) (September 26, 2003)
Consumer Group Letter to AMA in Response to GAO Report (PDF) (September 3, 2003)
New Data Shows Medical Malpractice Filings Have Dropped Over Last Decade; Refutes American Medical Association Claims of "Crisis" in Several States (PDF) (August 11, 2003)
10 Things You Should Know About ...Medical Malpractice (PDF) (August 8, 2003)
Seven Medical Malpractice Victims Travel to Washington DC to Ask American Medical Association to End Campaign to Limit Patients' Legal Rights (PDF) (March 3, 2003)
Federal Medical Malpractice "Tort Reform" Is An Unprecedented Interference with States' Rights (PDF) (January 30, 2003)
Facts About Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist (PDF) (January 25, 2003)
Medical Malpractice Mismanagement – Why Some Major Insurers Have Pulled Out of the Market (PDF) (January 14, 2003)
Flawed Jury Verdict Data Masks Trends (PDF) (July 2, 2002)
Doctors' Voices: The Problem with Malpractice is Malpractice (PDF) (June 17, 2002)
California Restrictions on Malpractice Victims Have Not Affected Malpractice Premiums (PDF) (May 29, 2002)
Americans for Insurance Reform News Releases:
New Consumer Study Shows Insurers Price-Gouging Doctors Without Basis (PDF) (November 20, 2003)
Insurance Companies Raking in Huge Profits (PDF) (September 30, 2003)
New GAO Study Finds No Support For Caps on Damages; Findings On "Losses" Challenged by Consumer Groups (PDF) (July 29, 2003)
Insurance Industry Admits: Tort Reform Will Not Lower Insurance Rates (PDF) (June 2, 2003)
Insurance Industry Admits: Insurance Business Practices and Investment Cycle to Blame for Insurance Liability “Crisis” (PDF) (June 2, 2003)
New Study Shows Insurance Industry, Not Lawsuits, Causing Insurance Rates To Skyrocket for West Virginia Doctors (PDF) (January 6, 2003)
Insurance Rate Hike Set Aside as California Consumer Group Presses for Hearings; Nation’s Strongest Insurance Law Is Working, Say Experts (PDF) (December 18, 2002)
Consumer Group Says Evidence Mounting That Skyrocketing Insurance Rates Not Tied To Jury Verdicts; Reforming Insurance Industry Only Way To Solve “Crisis” (PDF) (October 31, 2002)
STUDIES
Hypocrites of "Tort Reform": Doctors and Organized Medicine (October 2003) (Members Only; click here for more information)
CJ&D Report Refutes American
Medical Association Claims of "Crisis"; Ignores Contradictory
Courtroom and Medical Evidence in 18 States (PDF) (April 24, 2003)
CJ&D's Medical Malpractice Guide (PDF) (September 25, 2002)
A complete guide to understanding today’s medical malpractice insurance crisis, including useful questions to ask anyone advocating so-called “tort reform” as a solution. Also contains key investigative news stories.
Premium Deceit; The Failure of "Tort
Reform" to Cut Insurance Prices (PDF) (1999) Shows
no correlation between tort restrictions and insurance rates
