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: Supreme Court of Hawaii Blog (Unofficial)Is Texas-style "tort reform" the cure for rural healthcare woes?
By The Blog Team
Fears of lawsuits drive out doctors
No, says the Texas Observer last fall:
Rural Texas is still waiting for the doctors tort reform was supposed to deliver.
The Legislature is considering legislation offered by Rep. Josh Green. Here's what the initial committee report says:
The purpose of this bill is to attract more physicians to serve in Hawaii's rural and medically underserved areas by limiting the amount of noneconomic damages that may be collected in a medical malpractice lawsuit in an attempt to stabilize and lower the rates of professional liability insurance.
Full post as published by Supreme Court of Hawaii Blog (Unofficial) on February 08, 2008 (boomark / email).
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