New York Doctors Seek Malpractice Moratorium
New York physicians are asking for a moratorium on a medical malpractice insurance rate hike that state insurance officials are expected to announce next week. The rates, set each year by the state’s Insurance Department, are expected to go up by as much as 9% on July 1, physicians and insurance industry sources said. By law, the agency could also impose an additional 8% levy on doctors to
