Another Study Undermines Claims of Defensive Medicine

A new study by the RAND Corporation has failed to find evidence of widespread defensive medicine.  The study covers three states that raised the malpractice standard in ER cases:  Texas, South Carolina, and Georgia.  Reforms in Texas and South Carolina had no effect on the use of expensive imaging and a reform in Georgia generated only a small reduction in ER charges.  Coverage is here:  ForbesWaPo.