Public policy efforts have real and lasting results, for well or for ill. For years Texans suffered under a hideous tort environment that enriched trial lawyers (who now use those profits to fully underwrite the liberal political movement in Texas and own the Democratic Party) at the expense of good medical care. With the historic tort reforms passed in 2003, medical specialists are coming to Texas in droves. The Graham Leader reports the number of doctor licenses have risen 44 percent in two years.
