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0 pointsdragonwriter7y ago0 comments

Caps on malpractice claims exist in numerous jurisdictions, and studies have shown them to have no discernable effect on either total healthcare costs or even specifically on malpractice insurance costs.

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briandear7y ago

I am sorry but you are just completely wrong. Exactly the opposite of what you said is true:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5701901/

“In summary, there exists considerable evidence that medical malpractice reform measures reduce medical malpractice awards and also the losses incurred by medical malpractice insurance companies.”

Digory7y ago

Reduced Awards =! Reduced Premiums or Costs

Texas seems to have set caps so low that it has reduced premiums for doctors. But "making malpractice cheaper" isn't much of a policy goal.

Nationally,'tort reform' caps have had mixed results. "...better-designed studies show that damages caps reduce liability insurance premiums. The effects of damages caps on defensive medicine, physicians’ location decisions, and the cost of health care to consumers are less clear." [0]

[0] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2690332/

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