Thanks, this is very helpful. I skimmed Title 4 to see if it included “loser pays” and, unfortunately, it does not. I think not including that is a mistake and misses an opportunity to help reduce medical costs. Many doctors (understandably) order expensive medical tests SOLELY because of fear of liability suits by plaintiffs’ attorneys looking for quick settlements.
This is a bill, not completed legislation. Your reps and Senators can propose amendments to it, and hopefully won't get too crazy. "Tort reform" could also be a stand-alone bill. We'd be golden if "the Price bill" passed unscathed.
The actual reform that needs to be enacted to "reduce medical costs" is not on the horizon as far as I know, but it affects the way hospitals and other providers "get paid".
"Free healthcare" is the culprit, and the way providers offset that, is by gouging paying customers, including cash patients AND insurers.
The name of the malodorous tactic is called: "cost shifting"....its practice should be banned.