Medical Malpractice & Liability – Just the Facts

Proponents of so-called medical liability “reform” assert relentlessly that jury awards in malpractice cases are out of control and that capping damage awards will lower premium costs for doctors. They claim too that the tort system dramatically escalates healthcare costs generally, and that a “crisis” exists in many states because doctors are abandoning the practice of medicine due to the high cost of malpractice insurance premiums. The truth is that not one of these assertions is based in fact. By examining the studies, statements and conclusions of independent experts and governmental entities, the true story can be told.

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Total payments for malpractice judgments have fallen 24.5 percent, from $299.6 million in 2000 to $226.2 million in 2004.

The median payment resulting from a judgment appears to have risen, from $230,000 in 2000 to $265,000 in 2004.

The total number of judgments against physicians dropped 31.9 percent between 2000 and 2004, from 670 to 456.

The number of malpractice judgments against physicians, adjusted for population growth, has fallen 34.6 percent since 2000.

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