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Advocacy
Medical Liability Reform
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States in liability
crisis down to 17
The American Medical Association now says 17 states are experiencing
a medical liability crisis. Eight states, all
with tort reforms in place, are considered "OK." Dozens of states have enacted a variety of tort reforms. Many have begun to pay off. Yet 25 states are still showing crisis areas. Sometimes these are defined by counties with pro plaintiff judiciary or regions with physician shortages among specialties hardest hit by the liability crisis (ob-gyn, neurosurgery and trauma care).
In crisis: Connecticut, Florida,
Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Missouri, Nevada,
New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode
Island, Tennessee, Washington, Wyoming
Showing problem signs: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii,
Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana,
Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South
Dakota, Utah, Vermont, Virginia and West Virginia.
Currently OK: California, Colorado, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, New Mexico,
and Wisconsin. Texas is the only state that has enacted effective reforms
credited with halting the crisis.
AMA Crisis Map
