Patients Benefit from Texas Tort Reform

SAN DIEGO – Since the state of Texas implemented medical tort reform in 2003, the number of practicing physicians has increased by 19% per 100,000 population. In addition, hospitals in the state report improved ability to recruit physicians and expand patient...

Without Reforms, Michigan Faces Physician Shortages

It's not in Gov. Rick Snyder's health care plan, but medical malpractice tort reforms could help Michigan deal with a nationwide doctor shortage. Other states — Texas most recently — have overtaken reforms Michigan adopted in the 1980s and...

May 2012 Newsletter

Protect Patients Now Volume 7, Issue 5 May 2012 Newsletter E-Newsletter Special points of interest: Physicians, Patients Face Long Road in Liability Lawsuits Without Reforms, Michigan Faces Physician Shortages Patients Benefit from Texas Tort Reform Physicians,...