You can be almost certain that the “reform” that the law has in store for you will re-form your life, your health, your options, and/or your finances for the worse. Don’t believe me? I admire your idealism and undaunted optimism. But let’s look at the track record. We’ve seen massive legislation on:
Who benefited from these so-called reforms? You, or various special interests? If you said the special interests, consider: special interests contribute far more to the coffers of the politicians that pass these reforms than do the ordinary Americans who often get shafted by legislative reforms.
The legislation passes and receives the “reform” label because most Americans would like real reforms in many of these areas. But that’s never what we seem to receive. If we ever see major tax “reform” legislation, that’s probably when we can all kiss any remaining income goodbye. (I’m just going by the “reform” track record here. I could be wrong. I hope I’m wrong in fact.)
My point is that the so-called medical malpractice “tort reform” that purported to offer Texans so many benefits has actually done the reverse. The medical and insurance industries have reaped the benefits of this legislation. The unfortunate victims of medical malpractice, or their surviving family members, have been left largely without recourse.
Many reputable personal injury lawyers won’t even take medical malpractice cases anymore, because they know there’s really nothing that pursuing the case can offer to the victim. Only where a medical injury relates to a defective medical device does a victim generally have hope of a fair financial recovery based on the injuries caused by medical negligence.
Sadly, Texas tort reform has offered us another “heads they win; tails you lose” scenario. So just look out whenever you see that word “reform” ominously tacked onto another piece of legislation. You can be pretty sure that new law offers you nothing but grief and higher costs.