Medical Liability Reform

Professional liability insurers are leaving states with higher claim rates, dropping physicians in high risk specialities or simply refusing to issue professional liability insurance to physicians.

Learn more about ACP's recommendations and actions to support internists.

• ACP letter of support for H.R. 1565, the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act of 2017 (12-May-17)
• ACP letter of support to Representative Steve King for H.R. 1215, the Protecting Access to Care Act (15-Mar-17)
• ACP letter of support for H.R. 4106, the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act (2-Apr-14)
• Joint letter to HHS regarding serious concerns about the backlog of Medicare appeals (12-Feb-14)
• GOP SGR Framework proposal as Released by the Ways Means Energy Commerce Committees (25-Feb-13)
• How Bad Budget Choices and Broken Politics Are Undermining Progress in Health (26-Jan-12)
• Reforming Medicare in the Age of Deficit Reduction (16-Apr-12)
• Medical Liability Reform Deficit Reduction Sign-On Letter (03-Oct-11)
• Health Care Coverage, Capacity and Cost: What Does the Future Hold? (27-Jan-11)
• Letter to Reduce Federal Spending (12-Sep-11)

Policy

• Medical Liability Reform: Innovative Solutions for a New Health Care System (Apr-14)
• • Full Paper and Issue Brief
• Summary of ACP's Positions on Medical Liability Reform (Dec-11)

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Additional Resources: Links to Other Organizations

• American Tort Reform Association - ATRA (www.atra.org)
• Health Care Liability Alliance - HCLA (www.hcla.org)
• Physicians Insurance Association of America - PIAA (www.piaa.us)
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
• National Governors Association - NGA (www.nga.org)
• National Conference of State Legislators - NCSL (www.ncsl.org)
• National Conference of Insurance Legislators (NCIL) (www.ncoil.org)