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U.S. Medical Liability System Due for an Overhaul

Some eye-popping figures about the med-mal environment — where do you stack up?

Concerns about being sued influences practice choices: Physicians have measurably altered their scopes of practice and ordered more tests for fear of liability.
The patchwork of policies in different U.S. states creates differences in liability risk.
For each of the last four years, a bigger percentage of premiums increased than in any year since the 2000s.
For $1 million per claim and $3 million aggregate policies, states without caps on non-monetary damages have substantially higher premiums.
There is a physician-led advocacy movement that is pushing for reform. Visit www.ama-assn.org/state-liability.

American Medical Association. Medical Liability Reform Now! 2023. Accessed June 9, 2023.

American Medical Association. Policy Research Perspectives. Accessed June 9, 2023.