Reports

Lift The Cap: How Fairly Compensating Injured Patients Will Save Taxpayer Dollars

May 31, 2022  ·  Greer Levin

Analysis shows California will save up to nearly $18 million by reforming the state’s outdated cap on damages in medical malpractice cases. A study by Consumer...

Rate Regulation: The Rx For Medical Malpractice Insurance Rates

March 17, 2021  ·  Mark Reback

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Projected Savings From Prop 45

August 6, 2014  ·  Jamie Court

Proposition 45 will require health insurance companies to open their books and publicly justify their rates under penalty of perjury before they are permitted to...

Health Reform and Insurance Regulation: Can’t Have One Without the Other

May 5, 2011  ·  Jamie Court

Health insurance premiums are increasing at a rate faster than medical inflation, especially in the volatile individual and small group markets, and worker incomes have...

False Accounting: How Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies Inflate Losses to Justify Sudden Surges in Rates and Tort Reform

December 7, 2005  ·  Jamie Court

In this study, the Foundation for Taxpayer and Consumer Rights (FTCR)1 reviews the loss projections of medical malpractice insurance companies, beginning with the “insurance crisis”...

How Insurance Reform Lowered Doctors’ Medical Malpractice Rates in California

March 7, 2003  ·  ConsumerWatchdog

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...

Making a Killing: HMOs and the Threat to Your Health

November 10, 1999  ·  Jamie Court

If a Health Maintenance Organization (HMO) is your family’s medical provider, just hope you never face a medical crisis. This compelling book tells story after...

Silent Violence, Silent Death: The Hidden Epidemic of Medical Malpractice

February 12, 1994  ·  Harvey Rosenfield

“Medical care may be hazardous to your health.” That frightening warning is the principal conclusion of numerous studies. Independent scientific research has sketched out the...