Doctors Slow Down See New Patients Over Malpractice Costs
In Monticello Sullivan County two physicians Dr Paul Jones an orthopedic surgeon and Dr Herman Goldfarb internist and cardiologist announce they will stop accepting new patients due to rising malpractice premiums. Jones says premiums equal yearly income and feared costs could reach 45000 to 60000, while Goldfarb notes a rise to 4500 though able to offset some on taxes. Both vow continued care for existing patients and emergency cases, describing practice as defensive.
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Bergen
Leonard Weiss
Middletown
New State Medical Society
Fawne Clay
Citizens Advisory Committee
Rockland County Social Services Dept
Doctors discuss malpractice fears and defensive medicine
Goldfarb, with a decade of practice, says he has never faced a malpractice suit and stresses the need for insurance while acknowledging the risks of procedures like liver biopsies and pacemaker implantations. He supports defensive medicine but dislikes the situation and would not refuse to treat patients. Jones calls turning away new patients the only option for doctors, questioning what else remains open.
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Jones
Goldfarb
Regional health agency plan eyed by Newburgh county leaders
About 500 people heard officials discuss a federal plan to create a seven county regional health agency to oversee health funding and planning north of New York City. The agency would centralize budgeting, set care standards, and may lead to a federal health insurance act, with state and local voices urged.
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Dept. of Health Education and Welfare
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Mount Saint Mary College
Congress
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Westchester Coalition For Health
Gordon McAleer
Northern Metropolitan Hospital Assn
Joseph Bergen
State Health Dept
Orange County
Louis Y. Mills
William Bartles
Dutchess County
Alfred del Bello
Westchester County
Leonard Weiss
Middletown
Ninth District
New York State Medical Society
Reginald Gale
Rivera sanity issue seems dead for trial
In Goshen, Wilfredo Rivera faces a drawn out murder case of Newburgh officer William M. Robinson. After multiple competency hearings, Judge Abraham Isseks ruled Rivera fit to stand trial. The defense argues temporary insanity with amnesia about the Nov. 18, 1973 shootout, while the prosecutor prepares the case. Jurors were to be seated as the trial resumed at 9:30 a.m.
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