Medical Liability Reform Resources
Learn more about medical liability reform and current legislative activities from the national and state resources listed below.
Medical Association and Society Links
Many medical associations and societies have joined the campaign for meaningful medical liability reform. Explore our comprehensive list of links to learn more.
National Resources
The American Medical Association’s Litigation Center represents the interests of the medical profession in the courts and serves as an information and advocacy clearinghouse for medical societies and related groups.
American Tort Reform Association (ATRA) is a broad-based, bipartisan coalition of more than 300 businesses, corporations, municipalities, associations, and professional firms who support civil justice reform.
The Center for Legal Policy (CLP) at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research is a leading voice for reform of America’s civil justice system.
Common Good is a bipartisan organization dedicated to reforming America’s lawsuit culture.
Doctors for Medical Liability Reform (DMLR) is a coalition of 230,000 practicing medical specialists who are committed to protecting patients' access to health care by supporting federal legislation that will reform our nation's broken medical liability system. Their Web site provides up-to-date information on the medical liability crisis and reform efforts at the state and national levels.
The Health Care Liability Alliance (HCLA) is a national advocacy coalition dedicated to safeguarding patients’ access to care through medical liability reform.
Medical Liability Reform—NOW! (PDF 531K, 45 pages): The American Medical Association’s overview of the current medical liability insurance crisis, including recent federal and state legislative activity and selected examples of patients losing access to care in medical liability crisis states.
The Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) is an organization of health care liability insurance entities founded to advocate on behalf of health care providers in the areas of legislation, education, risk management, and research.
Raghu Ramachandran, Brown Brothers Harriman Insurance Asset Management Group, January 21, 2003
Did Investments Affect Medical Malpractice Premiums?
In this paper, several variables are analyzed to demonstrate that asset allocation and investment returns have had little, if any, correlation to the development of the current malpractice problem.
Sick of Lawsuits is a grassroots campaign designed and supported by Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse (CALA) groups and other civil justice reform groups.
Stop Bad Lawsuits is a public education and grassroots advocacy program from the Central California Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse.
THOMAS, a service of the Library of Congress, provides searchable databases for bills and related legislative information.
Trial Lawyers, Inc., is the leading online resource shedding light on the size, scope, and inner workings of America’s lawsuit industry.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, March 3, 2003
Addressing the New Health Care Crisis: Reforming the Medical Litigation System to Improve the Quality of Health Care: The excesses of the litigation system raise the cost of health care for everyone, threaten Americans’ access to care, and impede efforts to improve the quality of care.
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, July 25, 2002
Confronting the New Health Care Crisis: Improving Health Care Quality and Lowering Costs by Fixing Our Medical Liability System: A critical element to help all Americans get access to better and more affordable health care is curbing excessive litigation.
U.S. General Accounting Office, June 27, 2003
Medical Malpractice Insurance—Multiple Factors Have Contributed to Increased Premium Rates (PDF 534K, 74 pages): Government research shows that losses associated with medical malpractice claims are the largest factor in physician insurance premium rate increases. A one-page highlight (PDF 74.8K) is also available.
The White House, Office of the Press Secretary, January 5, 2005
Legal Reform: The High Costs of Lawsuit Abuse
This page in the news area of the official White House Web site outlines the Bush administration’s position on legal reform including background information and proposed remedies.
State Resources
