Category Archives: Access to Care

Doctors Down on Health Care Reform

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Katie

A recent study by the Deloitte Center for Health Solutions found that physicians think health reform will do little to reduce costs. The survey was sent to 16,500 physicians from the AMA’s Master File asking them to take the 30-minute … Continue reading →

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The Debate Over Damage Caps, Access to Care & the Cost of Medical Malpractice Claims

Posted on January 16, 2012 by Mike Matray

Diametrically opposed factions have been fighting to frame the debate over the success of the medical liability tort reforms implemented by the Texas Legislature and enshrined in the state constitution by voter approval in 2003. On one side of the … Continue reading →

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AZ Lawmaker Wants to Amend Constitution to Impose Damage Cap

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Mike Matray

side note: Conservative Arizona lawmakers are trying to remove obstacles that forbid the General Assembly from imposing caps on the amount of money recoverable for non-economic and punitive damages. Those obstacles are Article 2 sec. 31 and Article 18 sec. … Continue reading →

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Texas Tort Reform Doesn’t Lower Cost of Healthcare; Does Lower Cost of Medical Malpractice Insurance

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Mike Matray

side note: Consumer advocacy group Public Citizen recently released a study that analyzed data from Texas, which in 2003 imposed some of the strictest liability caps in the country. While medical malpractice litigation plummeted dramatically since the caps were imposed, … Continue reading →

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