Neurologists, neurosurgeons, and other physicians are feeling a squeeze, and it isn’t the magical shrinking belts that follow holiday feasting. It is rising medical liability premiums. Some doctors are leaving states where escalating liability rates are making it harder to keep a practice open. In early November, no one was performing brain surgery in southern Illinois because the last holdout, B. Theo Mellion, MD, of Carbondale, left when his malpractice insurance carrier refused to renew his coverage and those carriers willing to provide coverage were quoting annual premiums of $200,000 to $300,000
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机译：神经科医生，神经外科医生和其他医师正在感到被挤压，这并不是假日盛宴之后的神奇收缩带。它正在增加医疗责任保险费。一些医生正在离开州，那里的责任率不断提高，这使得保持这种做法的开放变得更加困难。在11月初，没有人在伊利诺伊州南部进行脑部手术，因为卡博代尔的最后一个支持者B. Theo Mellion，MD在他的医疗事故保险承运人拒绝续签承保范围并且愿意提供承保范围的承运人报价年度保费时离开了$ 200,000至$ 300,000
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