Tort Reform Not a Panacea for Rising Health Care Costs

Columnist Jim Landers explores the notion of capping medical malpractice damages as part of  health care reform, an idea that has circulated around Washington for many years. Would capping damages make health care less expensive? The evidence doesn’t support it.   According to a study by a team at the University of Alabama, tort reform has not provided health care cost savings for consumers. Dallas Morning News (4/22)