The legal system in Texas is suffering from medical lawsuit abuse – excessive claims against health care providers and unreasonably exorbitant judgments. While the number of legal claims against health care providers in Texas has skyrocketed, most are being dismissed without any finding of negligence or award for damages. At the same time, however, the amount of payouts from lawsuits is astronomical and growing.
Veritas August 2018
This issue of Veritas, the quarterly publication of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, features the Foundation's efforts to inform the public of the human cost of subsidizing wind energy, abolishing the "Robin Hood" school property tax, combating our growing civic illiteracy, and our part in the ACA lawsuit.