The medical tort system does not deter medical errors, compensates a small percentage of patients affected by negligent care, and is driving shortages in specialty care through rapidly rising insurance rates. New approaches, including an administrative system of health courts may address these issues and improve patient safety.
Medical Malpractice
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What Are the Issues Surrounding Medical Liability Reform?
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Some policy-makers, backed by physicians and insurers, advocate tough federal limits on medical malpractice lawsuits as a means to curb the nation’s relentlessly rising health spending.
What Are the Best Ways to Control Medical Liability Costs?
January 1, 2012 | Issue Brief
Experts estimate that medical liability suits cost the U.S. health care system an annual total of about $56 billion in direct litigation costs and the indirect costs of defensive medicine.
Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Address the Problems Associated with Medical Malpractice?
August 1, 2010 | Issue Brief
Brief examines how malpractice reform could affect the amount of money Americans spend on health care and insurance.
Medical Malpractice
May 1, 2006 | Issue Brief
As a result of rapidly rising medical malpractice insurance premiums, reduced availability of coverage, and financially distressed liability insurers, many states have passed tort reforms. This synthesis examines the medical malpractice "crisis" and the effect of state tort reforms.