As a one-year mandatory medical malpractice rate freeze is set to expire at the end of June, interested stakeholders wait to see if state leaders will come up with a plan to address the state's worsening market.

For the few remaining medical malpractice writers in the state, the problem remains a challenging legal environment coupled with rates that have been kept artificially low by regulators.

For medical professionals in the state, medical malpractice insurance is too expensive, even with rates at their current suppressed levels.

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