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National Desk | May 29, 2003, Thursday
In Insurance Cost, Woes for Doctors and Women

By SARAH KERSHAW (NYT) 1497 words
Late Edition - Final , Section A , Page 16 , Column 1

ABSTRACT - Medical malpractice insurance rates for obstetricians are soaring in Washington State and around nation, leading many doctors to stop delivering babies; pregnant women in rural areas, where there are already few obstetricians, must scramble to find doctor; even opponents of federal cap on jury awards against doctors admit shortage is serious; graph of malpractice premiums; photo (M) Shannon Minor went to the drugstore last year to buy a home pregnancy test, picked up the local newspaper and read some bad news: her obstetrician, Barbara Pringle, was planning to stop delivering babies.

But not only was Dr. Pringle giving up obstetrics, so were four other doctors in Mount Vernon, including Dr. Pringle's husband, Robert, and the Pringles' longtime partner. Within a year only four obstetricians would be practicing in Mount Vernon, a small city in an agricultural valley of the Cascade Mountains, halfway between Seattle and the Canadian border.

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