How Insurance Reform Lowered Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Rates in California

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This report shows how California’s landmark Proposition 103 has lowered Medical Malpractice rates for doctors across the state. It also shows how caps on damages have not succeeded in controlling costs.

Read the report here.

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