WE NEED MORE THAN AWARD CAPS

The entire malpractice system needs a thorough overhaul because it's NOT serving to improve medical practices. David Leonhardt in the NYT provides a couple of interesting numbers to back up this claim:

After reviewing thousands of patient records, medical researchers have estimated that only 2 to 3 percent of cases of medical negligence lead to a malpractice claim.

Medical errors happen more frequently here than in other rich countries, as the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation recently found.