Cyrus Dugger

The Tortellini on the Disappearing Doctors Debate (Below)

I just really liked the point made on the the Tortellini about Professor Silver’s Did Texas Lose Physicians in 2006? Is Tort Reform to Blame? (post below)

Disappearing doctors debate Interesting post over at Tort Deform today by UT law prof Charles Silver on the continuing debate over the number of physicians in Texas after its major 2003 med mal lawsuit restrictions. Silver argues that the state would have gained physicians with or without tort reform, but notes that the growth in the number of practicing docs in Texas is slower now than it was before the law passed.

Here’s a question, though: Even if tort reform really did encourage some doctors to move to Texas, would you really want to be their patients? My guess is that any doctor whose sole reason for moving to Texas is that he could escape getting sued is not likely to be the creme of the crop.

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