Thousands of Georgia Doctors Lack Malpractice Insurance

Monday, June 2nd, 2014

More than 2,500 doctors in Georgia do not have malpractice insurance, and their ranks include dozens who have been disciplined by the state medical board for sexual misconduct, illegal drug use, patient deaths and other serious transgressions, an Atlanta Journal-Constitution investigation has found.

Experts in the fields of law and medicine called the number of uninsured doctors — just under 8 percent of those licensed in the state — surprising and disturbing.

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