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>Current Material          

• MHA's "Finish the Job" brochure: Comparison of Medical Liability Reform Bills
  (January 2005)
  
• Press Statement Following the Override of the Medical Liability Reform Bill
  (January 12, 2005)
• Joint Press Statement: MHA and MedChi on the Medical Liability Reform Bill
  (January 4, 2005)
  
• Press Statement: MHA/MedChi Response to Special Session (December 30, 2004)
  
• Press Statement: MHA/MedChi Response to Medical Liability Reform Bill
  (December 23, 2004)
  
• Joint Letter to the General Assembly on the Upcoming Special Session: Letter from Cal Pierson, President, MHA, and Willarda V. Edwards, M.D., President, MedChi, The Maryland State Medical Society (December 21, 2004)
  
• If the Bough Breaks: Informing the public about the medical liability insurance crisis
  
• Health Matters: Impact of Maryland's Worsening Medical Liability Climate Spreads to the Economy (December 2004)
  
• "You depend on us for lifesaving help. Now, we need your help." Newspaper advocacy advertisement, Medical Liability Tort Reform.
  
• An Analysis of the Economic Impacts of Maryland's Medical Liability Environment:
  Study Details Costs of Maryland's Worsening Medical Liability Climate (November 16, 2004)
  • Press Release
  • Executive Summary
  • Presentation of Costs Data
  • Full Report
    
• "A Medical Emergency" Op-Ed by Cal Pierson, Baltimore Sun, October 26, 2004