Physicians for Reform provide some very interesting statistics showing the effects of Tort Reform in the state of Texas.
The Texas healthcare reforms of 2003 powerfully demonstrate how patient-friendly malpractice laws can improve access to care.
The results of the reforms are more than impressive, but don't look for the same kind of results in any national plan: the trial lawyers simply won't allow it. Here's a link to the results in Texas of that state's 2003 reform of their malpractice laws.
http://www.physiciansforreform.org/index.php?id=17
Remember Howard Dean, in a post here, dated September 28, 2009, explaining exactly why tort reform was not a part of any national healthcare reform Bill? Here he is:
