Why Trial Attorneys Are Not the Problem — Good Care and True Justice Are

A growing narrative in New Mexico claims that medical malpractice lawsuits and trial attorneys are to blame for rising insurance costs and health care workforce shortages. But this argument ignores the real drivers of instability in our health care system: corporate consolidation, private equity ownership, and profit-first decision making that puts patients at risk.

When hospitals are taken over by for-profit entities, research consistently shows worse patient outcomes, including higher complication rates and increased deaths. These failures are not caused by lawsuits. They are caused by cost-cutting, understaffing, and systems that prioritize revenue over care.

In an op-ed for Las Cruces Bulletin, Marshall Martinez demands "that media, policymakers, and healthcare leaders stop the distraction and misinformation of blaming trial lawyers for this healthcare crisis and instead join those focused on real accountability for corporate actors and real solutions to getting access to safe healthcare."

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