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TOLL FREE 1-800-456-6757 Birth-Related Injury Nursing Home Neglect Surgical Errors Wrongful Death Illness Misdiagnosis HMO Managed Care Plastic Surgery Prescription Drugs Psychiatrists Errors EMT Ambulance Neglect FREE CASE REVIEW From Tomkiel & Tomkiel MESSAGE VERIFY CODE :   Did You Know? FACT: The cost of medical malpractice liability premiums amount to less than one percent of total health care costs. The Consumer Federation of America reports that medical malpractice premiums comprise only 0.59 percent of national health care costs - so even eliminating medical liability altogether would do little to reduce health care costs. Malpractice Suits Not Driving Medical Costs Up, Says Group, The New Orleans Times-Picayune, May 5, 1999, at E3.

News On NY Nursing Home Fraud Case NY Malpractice Case Aetna/US Healthcare, Defendants. Medical Malpractice Settlements Between 44,000 and 98,000 people die in hospitals annually each year due to preventable medical errors, the Institute of Medicine found. A survey of doctors and other adults released in December in the New England Journal of Medicine found that more than a third of the doctors said they or their family members had experienced medical errors, most leading to serious health consequences. See NY Health Care Legal Topics- At Office of the NY State Attorney General Web Site Health Care & Malpractice In NY State