Something like 26 states have tort reform limiting damages in medical malpractice cases.
That is a very good start. And if those states use a free market to dictate the cost of malpractice insurance, it means it is cheaper in those states than in others, for obvious reasons. If they don’t, well, that’s another thing the government should butt out of.
And if those states use a free market to dictate the cost of malpractice insurance, it means it is cheaper in those states than in others, for obvious reasons And I believe that is true. In most tort reform states the premiums for malpractice insurance have gone down, in some cases by a considerable amount. But we're talking medical insurance premiums here, and I haven't seen any studies that suggest that tort reform has reduced those.