Top 10 States With the Highest Payments for Medical Malpractice Claims

Here are the top ten states in dollars spent for medical malpractice payments in 2007, along with total dollars spent, according to The Kaiser Family Foundation.

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1. New York ─ $674.7M
2. Pennsylvania ─ $282.6M
3. Florida ─ $226.5M
4. Illinois ─ $215.9M
5. California ─ $214.1M
6. New Jersey ─ $196.9M
7. Massachusetts ─ $148.7M
8. Georgia ─ $101.2M
9. Texas ─ $82.3M
10. Ohio ─ $71.8M

Source: The Kaiser Family Foundation.

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