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Two reports released in December continue to document the positive effects of TMA's 2003 medical liability reforms. They're working.
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For the first time since 2002, Texas is not among the nation's worst civil court jurisdictions, according to the American Tort Reform Foundation's seventh annual Judicial Hellholes report. The report calls our medical liability reforms a "point of light" best practice for states trying to maintain fair and predictable legal climates. "This is further proof that Texas is no longer the 'world's courtroom' and that curtailing lawsuit abuse improves access to health care, the state's business climate, and economic competitiveness," said George S. Christian, president of the Texas Civil Justice League.
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The American Medical Association's 2009 Physician Characteristics and Distribution in the U.S. shows Texas has moved up one notch to No. 42 in the state rankings of physicians per capita. At 236 physicians per 100,000 population, though, we still have a long way to go to catch up to the national average of 307 and to the six other most-populous states.
Action, Jan. 6, 2009
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