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Rhode Island Replaces Texas on AMA's Medical Liability Crisis State
Posted by on June 7, 2005 | comments
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Madam speaker, the smallest state in the union has now replaced the biggest state in the union as one of those states in a crisis state in its medical liability insurance. ok, there may be those in this body who would argue that Texas is no longer the largest state of the union, but, madam speaker, the good news is that two years ago, Texas faced up to the challenge of medical liability reform and passed a law on a state level, affirmed it with a constitutional amendment that put a cap on non-economic damages and medical liability -- in medical liability lawsuits. This allows more insurers to come to the state, and Texas medical liability trust has reduced liability fees by 17%. but in the state of Rhode Island, which recently joined the other states in the union that are in crisis, doctors there are experiencing liability insurance premium increases from 175 do 200% since 2002 and fully one -- 175% to 200%. Since 2002, some doctors say they're thinking about doing something else. Madam speaker, we passed a bill two years ago that nationwide put a cap on medical liability lawsuits. I urge the other body to take it up and pass it as well. Watch Video
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