ISSUE BRIEFING 2006 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section 1: HCLA OUR MEMBERS Section 2: The Texas Success FACT SHEETS Texas Proves That Medical Liability Reform Works A Successful Model for Medical Liability Reform: How Texas Fixed Its Medical Liability Crisis and Helped Patients Get The Care They Need ARTICLES Marcus and Malone: 2003 Reforms Helping Doctors Do Their Work By Howard Marcus and Bruce Malone, Austin Physicians, Austin American-Statesman, April 10, 2006 Lawsuit Limit May Be Just What the Doctors Ordered By Travis E. Poling, San Antonio Express-News, February 26, 2006 Bruce Davidson: Malpractice Reform Healing System San Antonio Express-News, February 26, 2006 WEBSITE: TEXAS ALLIANCE FOR PATIENT ACCESS About TAPA Improving Access to Care: The Problem Improving Access to Care: Dramatic Gains in Access to Care Report: Gains Realized With Texas Med-Mal Reforms Texas Medical Liability Trust Reduces Rates Again and Declares $10,000,000 Dividend Texas’ Top Five Physician Liability Carriers Announce Rate Cuts PRESS RELEASES Texas Alliance for Patient Access: Insurance Rates Plummet, Doctors Ranks Grow With the Passage of Proposition 12 March 23, 2006 Texas Medical Liability Trust: TMLT Reduces Rates Again and Declares $10,000,000 Dividend CHRONOLOGY Chronology of Rate Cuts by Texas Medical Professional Liability Carriers Section 3: The National Crisis FACT SHEETS Overview: Why America Needs Medical Liability Reform High Cost of A Legal System Run Amok Why Medical Liability Reform Is Good For Patients The Medical Liability Crisis: Women Paying The Price The Medical Liability Crisis: A Federal Problem That Requires A Federal Solution Defining The Terms: Medical Liability Reform Provisions An Early Model of Successful Reform: California CRISIS MAP American’s Medical Liability Crisis: A National View American Medical Association PUBLIC OPINION Poll Shows Americans Want Congress to Support Comprehensive Medical Liability Reform March 2005 PRESS RELEASES American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists: Survey Reaffirms More Ob-Gyns Are Quitting Obstetrics July 16, 2004 Jackson Healthcare Solutions: Many Physicians Still Seek Medical Liability Reform March 31, 2006 The Project on Medical Liability In Pennsylvania: New Survey Says Mounting Medical Malpractice Costs in PA Affect Residents’ Decisions to Stay in State July 7, 2005 The Project on Medical Liability In Pennsylvania: Two JAMA Studies Indicate Malpractice System May Hurt Americans’ Access to Medical Care May 31, 2005 The Project on Medical Liability In Pennsylvania: Malpractice Crisis Affecting Patient Care July 7, 2004 STUDIES Addressing the New Health Care Crisis: Reforming the Medical Litigation System to Improve the Quality of Health Care U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 3, 2003 The Malpractice Insurance Crisis: The Impact on Healthcare Cost and Access Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association Analysis, 2003 Section 4: Response to the Opponents of Medical Liability Reform FACT SHEET Separating Myth from Fact In The Medical Liability Crisis PRESS RELEASES Physician Insurers Association of America: Strike Three for CJD on Medical Malpractice February 28, 2006 Physician Insurers Association of America: PIAA Public Statement on July 11, 2005 Angoff Paper STUDIES Profitability In Medical Professional Liability Insurance By Robert E. Hoyt and Lawrence S. Powell, October 13, 2005 Did Investments Affect Medical Malpractice Premiums? Insurance Investment Research, January 2003 Section 5: The California Model STUDIES California’s MICRA Reforms: A Summary of Findings MICRA and Access to Healthcare: California’s MIRCRA Reforms By William G. Hamm, C. Paul Wazzan, and H.E. Frech III, February 2005   Download the entire Issue Briefing
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