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Obstetrics & Gynecology
Do Caps Reduce OB/Gyn Premiums?
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Caps Were Designed To Lower The Medical Malpractice Premiums Premiums
OB/Gyns Pay
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Premiums In States With Caps Are 6.3% Higher Than In States Without
Caps
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Deterring Malpractice Is The Best Way To Bring Down Costs & Protect
Our Families
Derived from data provided by Medical Liability Monitor (Oct 2004)
A state’s average premium is calculated as the unweighted mean value
of premiums for all companies for which data is provided across all regions.
A state is classif ied as having a “cap” when there exists a general
noneconomic damage cap that af f ect medical malpractice or a broad medical
malpractice specific cap on noneconomic damages. Caps that affect one area
of medical malpractice (e.g. just wrongful death cases) or punitive damage
caps are not counted since these represent a small number of cases.
Updated December 2004
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