Myths of Tort Reform in the Health Care Industry Dispelled

Myths of Tort Reform in the Health Care Industry Dispelled

While the insurance industry succeeded in convincing legislatures on over half the states that “tort reform” would improve overall health care to the individual care recipients, the notion that doctors would gravitate to practicing “defensive medicine”,  prescribing unneeded tests, procedures, and medications to avoid being sued, has been dispelled by…

Tort Reform has not Increased the Number of Doctors in Texas

Anew study by David A. Hyman, Charles Silver, and Bernard Black shows that Texas Tort Reform measures have not increased the number of doctors in Texas since 2003. “Does state tort reform affect physician supply? Tort reformers certainly believe so. Before Texas adopted tort reform in 2003, proponents claimed that…