If you could change just one thing about healthcare in the United States, what would it be? The issue of healthcare reform is certainly far from resolved. Access to care is about to be an even greater task to tackle. The rising cost of healthcare springs eternal. Tort reform is certainly high on the list.
It’s likely many objective opinions would choose Tort Reform. The reason is simple enough: tort reform affects more aspects of healthcare than anything else. Let’s take a look at the various aspects tangent to Tort Reform, and how real reform would significantly impact those areas.
The most obvious is the cost of medical malpractice insurance. If there were caps in place, insurance carriers would assume lower liabilities, so they could charge less. But this has a ripple effect. When doctors don’t pay as much for insurance, they don’t need to charge the patient as much for care. That results in lower health insurance premiums, too.
