We’ve all heard the argument made by the insurance companies and medical industry: so-called tort “reform” leads to better healthcare. This is the line that the insurance and medical industries have been pushing in states all across the country.

Well, guess what? It ain’t so.

The truth is that patients in states with arbitrary restrictions on their access to the legal accountability system are more likely to have worse overall healthcare.

Using the non-profit Commonwealth Fund’s independent ranking of state health system performance, access, and quality, Texas Watch compared states that restrict patient access to the courthouse with those that do not. In every category, it is clear that patients in states that restrict patients’ legal rights fare worse than those in states that allow patients to hold wrongdoers accountable.

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