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Since 1999, many states have experienced a “crisis ” in medical malpractice insurance. The median premium increase, after adjusting for inflation, for internists, general surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists increased from 0-2 percent in 1996 and 1997 to 17-18 percent in 2003, ranging up to 60 percent in some states in 2001-2002.1 In December 2001, the St. Paul
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