Personally, I would be embarrassed to admit that Indiana citizens have only estimates based on studies, rather than having factual information reported by each hospital. If the automobile or airline industry had the same error rate that is reported in study after study of the medical industry, there would be swift government action to correct the problem. The medical industry and the government of Indiana seems to be satisfied to deny the injuries are occurring rather than deal with the problem as the crisis that it is. I commend the doctors in Indiana who are supporting the increase in the cap on medical malpractice awards, but the fact is that there should be no cap at all. The Illinois Supreme Court declared such caps to be unconstitutional in December.
Most responsible businesses carry more automobile liability insurance than that.
I would welcome the opportunity to debate these issues in any forum. One of the conclusions of the Harvard study was that being held accountable for mistakes helped to prevent them. This is only common sense borne out by scientific study.