] New Jersey doctors are planning a partial work stoppage ] next month to protest soaring malpractice premiums many ] say they can no longer afford. ] ] The doctors plan to stop seeing patients for routine ] checkups, elective surgery and nonessential tests and ] services as of February 3, said Dr. Alan Zaccaria, who is ] organizing the effort in Monmouth and Ocean counties. It's almost as if every day, I find a new reason to be THRILLED that I left New Jersey. |