Texas, liability caps, and the influx of physicians

Maybe Florida can learn something:

Texas today is licensing an average of 400 more doctors per year than before reform. The Texas Medical Board expects a record 4,100 new applications for physician licenses this year — 38 percent more than last year, which was the previous record!

The number of medical specialists is growing rapidly. Since reform, Texas has gained 146 obstetricians, 127 orthopaedic surgeons and 25 neurosurgeons. And medically underserved communities in the Rio Grande Valley have seen their physician ranks swell, including primary-care doctors, specialists and critically needed emergency medicine physicians.

Hospitals, too, have benefited, saving an estimated $10 million or more in liability premiums since Prop. 12 passed, money they have utilized to buy new equipment, expand emergency care and increase care for the needy.

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