Pennsylvania doctors got a jolt in the mail last week - they may have to come up with thousands of dollars for a medical-malpractice payment by the end of this month. After a year's deferment of their Mcare premiums, doctors were told they might have to pay the state-run medical-malpractice insurance fund premium - about $8,000 to $41,000 for Philadelphia doctors - by Dec. 31 unless Harrisburg lawmakers agree on a funding source to pay the surcharge for them.
Posted by Editor at December 3, 2003 11:01 AM