New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Muhl
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
*160OPINION OF THE COURT
Graffeo, J.
In response to the rising costs of medical malpractice premiums which threatened the availability of health care in New York, the Legislature and the Governor adopted a comprehensive legislative package in 1985 and 1986. These enactments included medical and dental malpractice litigation reforms, hospital malpractice prevention programs, provisions that streamlined physician discipline processes, measures to stabilize malpractice premium rates and, at issue in this proceeding, a new mechanism to finance excess medical and dental malpractice insurance coverage…
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