"We find no evidence that Texas's 2003 tort reforms reduced health-care spending or spending trends," the study says. It adds, "it is time for policymakers to abandon the hope that tort reform can be a major element in health-care cost control."- Journal of Empirical Legal Studies
It gives people who are harmed after surgery no-recourse and still suffer afterwards. Ohio has a 2 year limit on malpractice suits as is.
This reform was pushed by ALEC and the US Chamber of Commerce. Repeal it.