Comments on: More Evidence That Tort Reform Works http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/02/more-evidence-that-tort-reform-works/ A blog from inside the emergency department Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:14:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Matt http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/02/more-evidence-that-tort-reform-works/#comment-6656 Matt Thu, 05 Feb 2009 13:33:27 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=1985#comment-6656 Actually, that doesn’t really answer the question of whether there is increased care, because you didn’t compare it to the population growth over the same period. Naturally, where there are more people, there are more physicians generally. So you’ve just said “there are more” without giving us the context necessary to reach your conclusion.

Not to mention a vague phrase of “ER-type assistance”. What does that even mean?

It’s amazing how little skepticism you apply to “evidence” that supports your pre-conceived notions. By the way, how is California, with similar “reform” doing on this scale? Or do we only cite the “evidence” of states that support our position, and ignore similarly situated ones that may not?

As you are a scientist whose job it is to sort through information and reach conclusions, I hope you apply more skeptical analysis in reviewing claims and reaching conclusions in your profession than you do in your politics.

]]> By: ERP http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/2009/02/more-evidence-that-tort-reform-works/#comment-6647 ERP Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:15:44 +0000 http://www.epmonthly.com/whitecoat/?p=1985#comment-6647 Too bad the only way something like that passes is when the state is very conservative in other ways as well – like for instance the push in that state to teach “intelligent design” alongside evolution!

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