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<blockquote data-quote="av8torntn" data-source="post: 692387" data-attributes="member: 8259"><p>Actually it has. I'll just throw a few facts your way with the assumption that you have a basic understanding of markets.</p><p> </p><p>States with damage caps average 12% more physicians than states without.</p><p>ARHQ did a study and found that caps increase access to care without an adverse affect on mortality.</p><p>Kessler and McClellan did a study and found that malpractice reforms directly lead to a 5-9% reduction in medical costs without any added medical complications.</p><p>There is a study by a Zukerman that proves that malpractice caps lowered insurance premiums by 34% for surgeons.</p><p>The first year Texas enacted their reform medical liability insurance dropped 17%.(since you brought up Texas) </p><p>Anytime you reduce costs to provide goods or services in a free market competition can drive down costs to consumers which in turn increases access.</p><p> </p><p>Texas has other problems not related to this with their health care and some can be directed at the federal law that requires emergency rooms to treat anyone regardless of their ability to pay. The Federal government takes money from the citizens of Texas in the form of Medicare but does not send an equal amount back to the state. The population in Texas has grown at about twice the national rate. </p><p> </p><p>As far as selling across state lines. Let's see I can buy a car across state lines. I can buy a home in another state. I can even buy food in another state. Oppps I can't buy health insurance in another state cause it's illegal. Sound stupid? I mean seriously I can live longer without food than I can without health insurance.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="av8torntn, post: 692387, member: 8259"] Actually it has. I'll just throw a few facts your way with the assumption that you have a basic understanding of markets. States with damage caps average 12% more physicians than states without. ARHQ did a study and found that caps increase access to care without an adverse affect on mortality. Kessler and McClellan did a study and found that malpractice reforms directly lead to a 5-9% reduction in medical costs without any added medical complications. There is a study by a Zukerman that proves that malpractice caps lowered insurance premiums by 34% for surgeons. The first year Texas enacted their reform medical liability insurance dropped 17%.(since you brought up Texas) Anytime you reduce costs to provide goods or services in a free market competition can drive down costs to consumers which in turn increases access. Texas has other problems not related to this with their health care and some can be directed at the federal law that requires emergency rooms to treat anyone regardless of their ability to pay. The Federal government takes money from the citizens of Texas in the form of Medicare but does not send an equal amount back to the state. The population in Texas has grown at about twice the national rate. As far as selling across state lines. Let's see I can buy a car across state lines. I can buy a home in another state. I can even buy food in another state. Oppps I can't buy health insurance in another state cause it's illegal. Sound stupid? I mean seriously I can live longer without food than I can without health insurance. [/QUOTE]
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