Millions in Physician-Paid Premiums Transferred to Commonwealth Coffers

3 comments

1. Ahmed Hasan | Nov 21, 2025

   I agree with Kim. Where is the outrage?

   We should have the PAMED arrange demonstrations from physicians at the capital in Harrisburg and approach the state legislators to reverse this. Mid term elections are less than a year away and they may listen to us..

   Should also educate the public that the physician shortage in PA will become worse as no one will want to start a medical practice in PA.

2. Stephanie M. Molden | Nov 20, 2025
   The PA medical society should  back up a plan to stop the mandatory funding of the JUA since we are just getting another PA tax levied on physicians. If  it is somehow legal for the PA govt to take our money designated for JUA withiut protection it is jo longer a valid fee to colkect. Why must we keep paying into this?? In what world does this make any sense and how is this not national news esp regarding Shapiro? 
3. Kimberly Legg Corba | Nov 14, 2025

   So, why is there ZERO chatter about this from our membership?

   Isn't anyone angry, especially those of us who are old enough to have lived through the same scenario before?

   It is quite clear that interpretation of the law and of constitutional rights is directly dependent on who is in the power seat in the Third Circuit Court, which favored protecting M-care three times (2017,18,29) and with a change in leadership, but now clearly threw us under the proverbial bus to say that our privately paid med mal surcharges are for the "public" (aka PA Governor and AG) to do with as they please (ie. balace the insane high state budget?).

   I guess we can all just keep on being serfs in the feifdom, working to fill up the coiffers of the JUA again just so it can be taken again next year.

   I am pretty sure other service industries would have kicked and screamed a "bit" louder than we did (insert sarcasm).

   And, just in time for venue shopping and "nuclear verdicts."