Don’t Blame Lawyers for Med-Mal Insurance Crisis
In response to the 14% increase in medical malpractice insurance for New York doctors, John B. Bonina Jr., one of the city’s leading med mal practitioners was asked for a response and he did not hesitate to reply. “The cause of medical malpractice payments is medical malpractice,” Bonina aptly noted. “In New York, 68 percent of medical malpractice payments are made on behalf of 7 percent of physicians. Thus the problem is not their patients, or their lawyers, the problem is the few physicians who are responsible for the lion’s share of the negligent acts in this state.” The solution he argues “is to find a way to re-educate the repeat offenders and take away the licenses of those who cannot be re-educated. Blaming victims of medical negligence, or their attorneys, for issues surrounding medical malpractice is preposterous,” says Bonina. “In fact, if any entity is to blame for the current situation, it may very well be the state of New York, which dissolved the Medical Malpractice Insurance Association (MMIA) several years ago.”
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