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...took Elizabeth Gromny six years and countless infertility treatments to conceive her first child. But her timing could not have been worse. The day she called to make her first appointment with her obstetrician, the doctor had just capped the number of deliveries she would perform. Why? The doctor's insurance bill would shoot up if she exceeded a certain number of births. Gromny was turned away not only from her doctor but also from others all over Las Vegas who face similar limits...
...attract employers to southern Nevada, observed that of about 350 firms his group sought to recruit over the past year, "we've never had anyone ask about the nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain, but client after client wants to know what we are going to do about the doctor situation. The quality of the medical system plays a big role for companies choosing to relocate...
...Other doctors are forming their own insurance vehicles. Lewis Sharps, former president of the Pennsylvania Orthopedic Society, has applied to start a doctor-owned self-insuring group that will write policies only for orthopedic surgeons, in hopes of better managing risks and keeping court judgments and rates...
While the interest groups jockey, access to the courts is less urgent for most people than access to a doctor. After calling every day for weeks, Elizabeth Gromny finally persuaded her obstetrician to handle her delivery, but only because another patient in military service had been transferred out of state. But complications have forced Gromny to visit specialists, and many specialists have also posted signs in their offices warning that the insurance crisis might force them to close their doors. "I'm constantly worried about what could happen," says Gromny. "When you're pregnant, the last thing you want...
...deeply involved in their lives. After three years, however, Luba was suddenly reassigned to another group. Although the transfer involved more pay and responsibility, she felt she had been ripped away from a life she cherished. She suffered shortness of breath, headaches and tingling in her hands. Luba's doctor advised her to seek psychotherapy. She told her therapist that her life had "no meaning." She said, "I feel like a shell of a person. There's nothing left...