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Do you happen to have more digestible numbers? Something like: "In California, malpractice insurance is ~X% of cost, in the rest of the country, it is around Y% of cost."

My understanding is that for all the attention it gets, malpractice insurance isn't that big a deal. But I haven't researched it very much.

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Not at my fingertips, because I dealt almost exclusively with physicians in California. I'm basing this on almost every out of state physician remarking on how much lower premiums are when the move to California. NY and FL seem to be some of the worst states to work in for doctors paying their own premiums.

Malpractice rates are a factor, not the only factor in physicians deciding where and if to practice. Just like reimbursement rates.

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