Malpractice affecting the people

September 28, 2004

Think the malpractice crisis isn’t affecting the public? Think again:

The IssuesPA/Pew Poll has found that a remarkable 26 percent of Pennsylvanians polled “said rising malpractice insurance costs have forced their family to change doctors in the past year”, and that state residents polled also favored a constitutional cap on pain and suffering damages by a margin of 68 percent to 24 percent.



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