[TracyPA]

I saw a local news show on this subject about 2 weeks ago. A 34 year old orthopedic surgeon from Scranton was moving to Wisconsin. He paid $80,000 a year malpractice insurance in PA. He will pay $20,000 a year in Wisconsin, with more coverage. We are losing our young doctors. We will be left with older doctors close to retirement. On a personal note, my young doctor left for Texas 2 years ago.

[Mamzelle]

The docs can move, and maneuver. Have you considered the hospitals? They have to stay where they're planted, and the pressures on them are equal if not greater than those placed on the medical staff. Hospitals often pay the malpractice insurance of technicians and nurses, and must insure the institution, of course. Many malpractice actions against docs also include the hospitals and hospital staff--joint and several liability.

What's happening in northern Fla should be instructive.