[Mudboy Slim]

"...raises the touchy question of whether the high medical malpractice premiums bore any significant relation to litigation losses in the first instance."

Well, somebody's gotta pay fer Malpractice lawsuits that are successful.

"...there's vocal and trenchant opposition to overcome."

Yes, they are called Trial Lawyers, a DemonRAT constituency that the GOP should be willing to IGNORE since they are such loyal RATS.

[OhioAttorney]

Yes, they are called Trial Lawyers.

I'm not a trial lawyer, but I have to point out that the legal system pretty much goes to hell without them. And they're not the ones who decide cases; if you don't like the outcome of a particular lawsuit, your main beef is with the judge and the jury.