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The claim that malpractice suits are the main culprit for the US's poor healthcare system is simply a red herring from those who want to avoid change at any cost. It ignores that several states have already implemented tort reform without all the supposedly wonderful cost reductions. In fact, 23 states have limits on non-economic damages and 34 have limits on punitive damages.
The sum of all malpractice payouts and all malpractice insurance is less than 2% of all healthcare spending in the US.
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