‘encouraged doctors to see Medicare patients thru malpractice reform’
While I support malpractice reform, (1) Texas’ reforms are mainly attributable to Bush, not Perry, and (2) they didn’t produce the desired result. While malpractice premiums dropped, it did not result in an increase in the supply of medical providers. Perry’s cuts to Medicaid seem to have more than offset the reduction in malpractice premiums, and Texans are now going to Mexico in record numbers for medical care.