Florida Docs Plan Protest Over Insurance Rates

NU Online News Service, May 29, 9:17 a.m. EDT?More than 50 doctors from the Palm Beach County hospitals in Florida have submitted a request for a leave of absence to protest rising costs of medical malpractice insurance rates, according to the Palm Beach County Medical Society.

This pending job action is the latest effort by Florida doctors to bring the issue of medical malpractice insurance to the attention of legislators. On May 2, some 100 doctors from Jacksonville went on a similar leave of absence, with the majority of them still staying out of their hospitals, according to Tenna Wiles, executive director at the Palm Beach County Medical Society.

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