Since Texas set a limit at $750,000 in 2003, more doctors are practicing in emergency rooms and the state is attracting doctors from states without caps, said Jon Opelt, executive director for Texas Alliance For Patient Access, which represents health providers.
he head of the organization that spent the most to campaign for the Texas law does not dispute these findings, nor does he offer any apologies. "We never claimed that lawsuit reform would reduce consumer health care costs," said Jon Opelt, executive director of the Texas Alliance for Patient Access.
Date: Jul 11, 2012
Category: Health
Source: Google
Doctor gaps in Texas persist despite Perry's stats
"By no means do we claim that all doctors new to Texas are because of tort reform. But we absolutely claim that the accelerated growth is because of tort reform," said Jon Opelt, executive director of the Texas Alliance for Patient Access.