Jersey M.D.s Plan Feb. 3 Walkout

The planned work stoppage by New Jersey physicians, scheduled to begin next Monday, is expected to draw several thousand doctors in the state, according to one of the organizers. The job action, which has been organized to protest rising malpractice insurance costs in the state, has not been planned by a single group, but rather by a statewide, grass-roots effort, said Dr. Alan Zaccaria, president of Monmouth County Medical Society and a plastic surgeon in the Monmouth County town of Little Silver. "There will be several thousand doctors participating statewide, primary care doctors and specialists alike, uniting for a common cause," Dr. Zaccaria told National Underwriter. "This has never been done before in our country, so we are truly making history."