Over 7 in 10 (74 percent) of Americans surveyed in April 2006 for HCLA believe the availability and quality of health care is threatened because rising medical liability costs and the lack of medical liability insurance coverage in some states are forcing doctors and health care providers to abandon the practice of medicine.
The HCLA's April 2006 poll found that, by an overwhelming majority (76 percent), Americans support passage of a law that guarantees full payment for lost wages and expenses, but reasonably limits awards for non-economic damages.
The deepening medical liability crisis has brought the need for commonsense federal reforms to the center of the national stage. And by a huge margin, Americans expect their elected officials to enact legislation to solve the crisis. According to the HCLA’s 2006 poll, three-quarters (75 percent) of the Americans surveyed said they wanted their representatives in Washington to support comprehensive medical liability reform.
Members of the 110th Congress must heed the public’s call for commonsense medical liability reforms and act now to end lawsuit abuse.home | about us | the facts | federal reform efforts | data and resources | press room | contact us | search site