Posted on 10/04/2007 7:59:44 PM PDT by milestogo
More Doctors in Texas After Malpractice Caps
HOUSTON, Oct. 4 — In Texas, it can be a long wait for a doctor: up to six months.
That is not for an appointment. That is the time it can take the Texas Medical Board to process applications to practice.
Four years after Texas voters approved a constitutional amendment limiting awards in medical malpractice lawsuits, doctors are responding as supporters predicted, arriving from all parts of the country to swell the ranks of specialists at Texas hospitals and bring professional health care to some long-underserved rural areas.
The influx, raising the state’s abysmally low ranking in physicians per capita, has flooded the medical board’s offices in Austin with applications for licenses, close to 2,500 at last count.
Of those awaiting processing, the largest number, after Texas, come from New York (145), followed by California (118) and Florida (100).
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
thanks, bfl
Details, please?
Welcome to Texas!!
We welcome all conservatives with open arms!!! ;^)
http://cohesion.rice.edu/centersandinst/cben/research.cfm?doc_id=5095
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Thanks for the link. Where do I write a check?
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