Tort Reform. . . .TORT REFORM! . . .Slowly I turn. . .and step by step. . .inch by inch . . . .
Tort reform is a non issue. There is not enough money involved to accomplish anything. ONE HALF OF ONE PERCENT of total health care costs:
http://insurance-reform.org/TrueRiskF.pdf.
Scroll down to page 29 for the numbers, but the whole article is a great read.
parsy, who is hopping to it
Parsy,
Please identify where in the paper you linked is the examination of how the cost of defending against these lawsuits - both in terms of extra preemptive tests and actual legal fees - is accounted for. The article appears to only be in regard to malpractice insurance.
I see the connection, but find it much less than comprehensive with respect to tort reform.