Medical Malpractice Payments Continue to Fall, Public

Malpractice suits are not the reason medical costs are skyrocketing.

The data contradict claims by some that medical malpractice litigation is to blame for rising health care costs. Changing the liability system to the detriment of patients will not curb health care costs....

Between 2000 and 2009, health care spending rose 83 percent while medical malpractice payments fell 8 percent.