WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. - Dr. Rene Loyola, a surgeon for 29 years, refuses to buy malpractice insurance because of the high cost of premiums. He has put just about everything he owns in his wife's name to protect it from potential lawsuits. The practice, called "going bare," is most rampant in Florida, where health officials say more than 3,000 of the state's 89,000 licensed physicians have dropped their coverage.
Posted by Editor at June 17, 2004 12:25 AM