Healthcare Spending To Continue In Spite Of Medical Malpractice Reform

Reforming medical malpractice laws will fail to reduce spending on healthcare in the United States, according to a new report.

 WASHINGTON, D.C. – Reforming medical malpractice laws will fail to reduce spending on healthcare in the United States, according to a new report.

Of total healthcare spending, only one percent each year (or $11 billion a year) will be cut as a result of caping damages, rewriting liability laws, and limiting the window to claim malpractice.

This evidence was released by the nonprofit Congressional Budget Office.

The report comes after Republicans claimed that malpractice reform would reduce spending by up to $200 billion.

Still, Republicans supported the report as evidence to their claims

“These numbers show that this problem deserves more than lip service from policymakers,” Sen. Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah), who requested the analysis, said in a statement.