A legislative hearing Tuesday to hear from opponents to a proposal to re-route medical malpractice claims from Georgia’s courts to a workers’ compensation-like board featured remarks from doctors’ groups and insurance companies that want to keep the current system—ironic given that the proposal is supposed to help doctors by reducing claims costs and insurance premiums by moving these cases outside the traditional litigation system.
The hearing turned into a bit of a lovefest for the 2005 tort reform package, with the doctors’ and insurers’ representatives reporting improvements under the new regime.
