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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Do you have a cite? Because the only one I can find is from the San Francisco Medical Society in 2003 that says that because of MICRA, California obstetricians pay about $45,000 a year. I haven't practiced in the Bay Area in California in about three years, so maybe things have changed drastically. When I practiced there, the malpractice insurance companies loved to set reserves for claims that weren't going anywhere and matters that never became claims, and then they'd charge ridiculous surcharges based on non-existent claims history.
See also, http://www.sfms.org/m_brief.htm though I can't find a publication date on this article, though it looks like it was before Proposition 12 passed here in Texas.
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No - I should know better, but I was repeating hearsay. I sit on the Republican Central Committee for Santa Clara County (Silicon Valley) and the chairman is a doctor. He was once the president of the AMA. Anyway, most of the leadership of the Republican party here in the Bay Area is pissed off doctors. He is constantly telling me medical malpractice nightmares. If you want me to get you sources from him I can. If it is really important.
