TULSA, OK -- Some say the sweeping reform bill doesn't go far enough to fix a problem doctors say is driving up healthcare bills. They believe there can't be real reform without re-writing medical ...

Health-care reform is bogged down because none of the bills before Congress deals with the staggering waste of the current system, estimated to be $700 billion to $1 trillion annually. The waste flows ...

For more than 40 years throughout the United States, various health care and insurance industries, backed by big business, have worked hard to push what they call “tort reform,” particularly in the ...

JEFFERSON CITY — The Missouri House of Representatives passed medical tort reform Wednesday that would cap "pain and suffering" damages recovered in court at $350,000. The vote was 94-61. Medical tort ...

The Hawaii state House passed a bill that would cap awards given in medical malpractice suits, according to a report in the Pacific Business News. The aim of House Bill 1784 is to lower high medical ...

Researchers found the incidence and cost of medical malpractice lawsuits at an academic medical center in Texas decreased significantly after the implementation of tort reform in the state, according ...

As I headed into the Puyallup Fair – focused on nothing but the first scone of the day – I had an experience probably shared with a million Washingtonians. I was politely accosted by a signature ...

Much has been made over the past couple of years nationally regarding individual state's various versions of tort reform. Many in the healthcare industry have probably asked whether it has done much ...

Christy Bieber has a JD from UCLA School of Law and began her career as a college instructor and textbook author. She has been writing full time for over a decade with a focus on making financial and ...

The soaring rate of inflation has focused the attention of most Americans on higher prices for essentials such as food and gasoline, but increases in health care costs may not be far behind unless ...

The Hawaii state House passed a bill that would cap awards given in medical malpractice suits, according to a report in the Pacific Business News. The aim of House Bill 1784 is to lower high medical ...