![]() In light of the huge financial pressures already facing physicians prompted by excessive government mandates, reduction in insurer payments and networks, and rapidly rising patient cost-sharing responsibilities, it is essential that you express to your elected representatives that “stand-alone” legislation driving further liability increases cannot be tolerated and could seriously impact access to care for patients. A letter to your Senator and Assemblymember can be sent from here. Please send your comments to Your Legislators We Can’t Tolerate Any Further Increases to Our Outrageously High Liability Premiums!Īll physicians must continue to contact their legislators to urge them to oppose legislation (A.285-A, Weinstein/S.6596, DeFrancisco) that could increase by another 15% your already exorbitant medical liability premiums by changing the Statute of limitations to a “Date of Discovery” rule. Our ability to continue to be able to be there for our patients is directly tied to the extent to which we are willing to stand up for our patients and profession. Please make these contacts as soon as possible. Our campaign will not only involve “grassroots” but also “grasstops.” In this regard, we will be working with county medical society leaders to contact physicians across the State whom we know have close relationships with key legislators. ![]() If you need more information to assist you when making these calls, you can go to this page on the MSSNY website to help you. A personal conversation can often be more powerful and resonate more loudly than a letter. You must also take the time to call your legislators. Please continue to send letters from the MSSNY Grassroots site here.īut do not stop there. However, we need many more physicians to call and write their legislators in overwhelming numbers to be sure these legislators truly understand the gravity of this legislation and the impact to patients in the communities they represent were this legislation to be enacted. I thank the many of you who have already answered our call to contact your Senators and Assemblymembers to urge them to oppose this bill, and to instead enact comprehensive medical liability reform. Our ads have appeared in numerous publications regularly read by legislators and other health care policy thought leaders.īut we really need you to actively join us in this fight. To counter this threat, we have been waging an aggressive public relations and advocacy campaign along with specialty societies, hospitals, and even other provider groups, to remind legislators of the already overwhelming costs our health care system face – far more than other states – and why enactment this bill could have a dramatically negative impact on the ability of our patients to obtain timely needed care. Additionally, it could greatly exacerbate the already tenuous financial situation that faces many New York hospitals. Given New York’s already difficult practice environment, this bill will unquestionably drive many physicians out of New York. Will you even be able to continue to pay your staff? Will you be able to make other technological investments to enhance the services or treatments you can provide to your patients? Will you be able to invest in or afford needed upgrades to your electronic medical record system? Just imagine the impact that an increase of that nature will have on the ability of your practice or your hospital to be able to continue to deliver the care your patients expect. We have been informed that this bill, if enacted, could increase our already outrageously high premiums by another 15%. ![]() As you may have seen in our MSSNY E-news publications, we face a threat like never before from the State Legislature which is weighing whether to pass a bill (A.285-A/S.6596) to greatly lengthen the medical malpractice Statute of Limitations.
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