Vascular surgeon Joseph Costabile is part of a 12-doctor Cherry Hill practice that is finding it harder to do its work these days.
Surgical Group of South Jersey, which specializes in cardiac, vascular and colon/rectal surgery, faced a 100 percent increase in its medical malpractice insurance premium in 2002 and another 100 percent increase last year.
"We're paying $1.4 million for 12 surgeons. I think that is excessive," said Costabile, president of the Camden County Medical Society.
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