Welcome to 'Tort Hell' - West Virginia, that is. A 'doctors crisis'.(doctor shortage in state caused by legal atmosphere)

National Review | August 20, 2001| | Copyright

The state of West Virginia, no stranger to problems, has a severe one on its hands now: a "doctors crisis." That's what many are calling it, and with good reason. West Virginia is losing doctors every day; communities are going without care; no doctors are coming in-it is almost impossible to recruit. The problem is the legal atmosphere: The state has earned the designation "Tort Hell," or, if you are a plaintiff's attorney, "Tort Heaven." In probably no other state is it as hard to be a doctor, or to remain one. Doctors are becoming desperate; the public, slowly-and in some ...

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