AP Poll: Support for curbs on malpractice lawsuits
According to an AP poll 54% of Americans favor limiting their right to recover from doctors and hospitals for their mistakes. Nevada passed the Keep Our Doctors in Nevada bill in 2004.
The AP poll found that 54 percent of Americans favor making it harder to sue doctors and hospitals for mistakes taking care of patients, while 32 percent are opposed. The rest are undecided or don't know.
Support for limits on malpractice lawsuits cuts across political lines, with 58 percent of independents and 61 percent of Republicans in favor. Democrats are more divided. Still, 47 percent said they favor making it harder to sue, while 37 percent are opposed.
The survey was conducted by Stanford University with the nonprofit Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
This study can be seen here.
