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Behind Those Medical Malpractice Rates
By JOSEPH B. TREASTER and JOEL BRINKLEY

Published: February 22, 2005


Speaking before hundreds of doctors and medical workers in a St. Louis suburb last month, President Bush called attention to a neurosurgeon on stage with him in the small auditorium. The doctor, the president said, was paying $265,000 a year in premiums for insurance against malpractice claims. ..

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