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Malpractice reform would help rural areas

Senate Bill 183 is a Band-Aid for the rising cost of medical malpractice insurance.

Malpractice premiums in Oregon have gone up by some 160 percent from 1999 to 2004. Specialties like obstetrics - delivering babies - have been particularly hard hit.

The Senate bill renews Oregon's medical....

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