Mythbuster: Two Dozen Things Your Doctor Won't Tell You About "Tort Reform" - Comprehensive overview of myths vs. facts.
Medical Malpractice & Liability: Just the Facts - Comprehensive facts and figures

CJA President Attorney David I. Fallk discusses proposed restrictions on injured people's legal rights on WYOU-TV Interactive News (PART 1) on Oct. 22, 2007. See PART 2 here

"Rendell: Medical malpractice crisis is over" - Oct. 25, 2007
"Medical Malpractice Litigation in Pennsylvania" - PA Bar Association, May 2006 "Insurance 'Crisis' Officially Over - Medical Malpractice Rates Have Been Stable for a Year" - Americans for Insurance Reform, February 2006
"Hurt? Injured? Need a Lawyer? Too Bad!" - Texas Monthly, December 2005
"The Truth About Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse"
"Rising Premiums and Falling Claims in the Medical Malpractice Insurance Industry" - Center for Justice & Democracy, July 2005
"Medical Malpractice Payout Trends 1991-2004: Evidence Shows Lawsuits Haven't Caused Doctors' Insurance Woes" - Public Citizen, April 2005
"Stability, Not Crisis: Medical Malpractice Claims Outcomes in Texas, 1988-2002" | Summary
"Faulty Data and False Conclusions: The Myth of Skyrocketing Medical Malpractice Verdicts" - Commonweal Institute, October 2004
Executive Summary | Full Report
"The Effect of Malpractice Liability on the Delivery of Health Care" - National Bureau of Economic Research finds no connection between lawsuits and premium hikes.
"The Facts About Medical Malpractice in Pennsylvania" - Public Citizen, March 2004, Executive Summary. Full report
"A Short Guide to Understanding Today's Malpractice 'Crisis'" - Center for Justice for Democracy, September 2002
"Injustice in the Wake of the False Promise of Tort Reform" - Attorney Michael J. Foley, Scranton, Pa.

Patient Safety - By the Numbers
A Guide for Patients: How to Ensure Your Own Safety
"Medicine Mix-Ups Harm Hospitalized Kids" - Associated Press, April 7, 2008
"Medicare to make hospitals pay for serious mistakes" - Associated Press, Feb. 19. 2008
"Study Finds Gaps Between Doctors' Standards and Actions" - Washington Post, Dec. 4, 2007
"Half of doctors mum about medical mistakes" - Reuters via MSNBC, Dec. 3, 2007
"Medical board moves slowly against addicted doctors" - The Patriot-News, Nov. 10, 2007
"Reports of medication injuries have doubled" - Reuters / MSNBC - Sept. 10, 2007
"Medicare Says It Won’t Cover Hospital Errors" - The NY Times, Aug. 19, 2007
"Report details surgical errors: In Pa., 175 mistakes in 30 months" - Phila. Inquirer, June 27, 2007
"'Adverse drug events' a worsening problem" - Philadelphia Inquirer, April 20, 2007 
"Hospital Errors Put More Patients at Risk" - ABC News. April 4, 2007
"Study Finds Widespread Medication Errors During Surgery" - ABC News, March 6, 2007
"Basic errors by docs cause of most malpractice" - Associated Press, Oct. 2, 2006
When Doctors Hide Medical Errors - Editorial, The New York Times, Sept. 9, 2006
"Medical mistakes kept secret" - The State, Columbia, SC, Aug. 11, 2006
"Analysis: Why docs don't say sorry" - United Press International, Aug. 16, 2006
"Gambling with your life: Millions of mistakes happen in the lab. Here's how to protect yourself." - Reader's Digest, August 2006
Medical Guesswork: From heart surgery to prostate care, the health industry knows little about which common treatments really work - Business Week Cover Story, May 29, 2006
"'Wrong site' surgeries on the rise" - USAToday, April 17, 2006
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"Shortage of surgeons pinches U.S." - USA Today, Feb. 26, 2008
"Study: Malpractice crisis had little effect on Pa. doctor supply" - The Associated Press, April 26, 2007
"Physician retention appears to be higher" - The (Harrisburg) Patriot-News, Nov. 13, 2006
"Local hospitals reject idea of shortage of obstetricians" - June 2, 2006
"Stealing from the Poor to Care for the Rich" - NY Times, Dec. 14, 2005
"What Crisis? - GAO: Malpractice Premium Spikes Don't Force Out Docs" - The Washington Post, Sept. 16, 2003
"Medical miscalculation creates doctor shortage" - USAToday, March 4, 2005
"Implications of Rising Premiums on Access to Health Care" - GAO finds no evidence of doctor "exodus" in Pa., August 2003
"Doctors can't prove thinning ranks" - The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., April 23, 2004.
"Diagnosis of the numbers shows doctors not leaving state in droves"; SIDEBAR: "'Disappearing docs' list is inaccurate, a few phone calls show"- The Morning Call, Allentown, Pa., April 18, 2004
"'Disappearing Doctors' Web site admits to posting erroneous info" - The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, April 1, 2004
"Was malpractice crisis ever an actual crisis?" - The Tribune, Scranton, Pa., Nov. 28, 2003
"Poor-mouthing: Despite their malpractice premiums, America's doctors are doing just fine" - By Paul T. von Hippel, professor of economics at Ohio State University, Oct. 20, 2004
"How many docs have really fled?" - Philadelphia Daily News, June 10, 2004
"Focus on fix for malpractice, not numbers game" - The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, May 16, 2004
"Healing Trend, With an Exception" - The Tribune, Scranton, April 23, 2004
"The long-awaited verdict: Doctors are staying put" - The Citizens' Voice, Wilkes-Barre, April 25, 2004
"Tangretti challenges Pa. Medical Society chairman on scare tactics" - News Release, April 23, 2004
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"Pattern of Greed 2007: How Insurance Companies Put Profits Over Policyholders" - American Association for Justice (Adobe PDF Format)
"New Data Confirms That Doctors Were Price-Gouged by the Insurance Industry During This Decade" - Americans for Insurance Reform, March 29, 2007 - Press Release | Full Report
"Earnings for Insurers Are Soaring" - NY Times, Oct. 16, 2006
"Medical malpractice: The truth behind N.J.'s crisis" - Courier Post, Aug. 14, 2005
"Two Reciprocal executives sentenced in insurance scandal" - Hampton Roads (Va.) Daily Press, June 28, 2005
"Insurance Profits Reveal Gouging, Need for Reforms" - The Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights, April 26, 2005
"Premium Deceit: The Failure of 'Tort Reform' to Cut Insurance Prices" - Center for Justice and Democracy
"Stable Losses / Unstable Rates in Pa." - Americans for Insurance Reform explain why doctors' rates are going up, Jan. 16, 2003
AP: "Pa. insurers reporting lower med-mal payouts last year" - April 22, 2004
"HMOs nearly double profits in 2003" - Jacksonville Business Journal, August 30, 2004
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Editorial: "Tort reform hypocrite stumbles onto the truth" - Tomah Journal, June 21, 2007
"Frist's support of caps would favor family business" - Associated Press, Dec. 4, 2005
"Lawsuit Abuse Critic Explains Suit; Senator's Wife Sued a Chiropractor for $500,000" - ABC News, Nov. 10, 2005
"Wellpoint settles with doctors over pay practices" - USAToday, July 13, 2005
"The Hypocrite in Chief" - Read about how President Bush pursued a "frivolous" lawsuit against a rental-car company.
"Bush Criticism of Frivolous Lawsuits Hypocritical" - The Daily Mis-Lead, August 3, 2004
"Dick Cheney: Master Litigator" - Read about the 151 lawsuits Halliburton filed while he was the company's CEO.
"Sen. Santorum's wife wins lawsuit" - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Dec. 11, 1999.
"Town OKs $9.9M deal in lawsuit by injured doctor" - Southern Conn. Newspapers, Sept. 1, 2004
"Doctor who won $6 million wants malpractice caps" - Greenwich (Conn.) Time, April 25, 2004
"Not So Frivolous" - Ohio doc used by President Bush as poster boy has lawsuit history. New York  Times, June 18, 2004
"Medical-malpractice battle gets personal" - USAToday details retribution by docs against victims and trial lawyers, June 13, 2004