Administrative agencies decide malpractice awards in a number of states now.
Last week the Government decided not to appeal his $3.8 million medical malpractice award.
To those priced out of health care, the right to malpractice awards is useless!
The average medical malpractice award is now close to $1m.
But 10 years later, there have been fewer huge malpractice awards than feared.
In other states, doctors simply purchase insurance on their own for large malpractice awards.
Soon, Congress is expected to try to limit medical malpractice awards.
Limits on medical malpractice awards have passed the House four times.
Almost all large malpractice awards are for pain and suffering.
He again joined with Democrats to help them block limits on medical malpractice awards.