Posted on 08/17/2011 3:46:38 AM PDT by lowbridge
Dr. Jackelinne Pilar Villalobos was one of Brooklyn’s few female English and Spanish-speaking obstetricians. She loved the city and her patients, and never wanted to leave -- but 18 months ago, she moved to Houston, where we’re delighted to have her.
Villalobos’ journey to Texas began in 2003, when our Legislature reformed Texas’ legal system -- including sweeping medical-malpractice reforms. Back then, doctors in New York and Texas were paying about the same for medical-liability insurance. In Villalobos’ case, it was more than $100,000.
But under the Texas reforms, rates immediately began to fall -- 15 percent in the first year alone. Since 2003, medical liability rates in New York have increased more than 60 percent; in Texas, they’ve dropped by 54 percent.
By 2009, Villalobos’ premium was $186,000 -- with a rate hike of 5 percent to 12 percent expected within the year. Even delivering as many as 10 babies a day, she couldn’t practice enough medicine to even cover her cost of doing business.
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The downside is Texas will have a couple of thousand more liberals.
...with funny accents.
Wrong, large Democrat majority states in the New England area have more torts per person than any other area of the country.
I’m glad that you’re right, and yield to your obviously superior intellect.
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