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“California has had caps on medical malpractice since 1975. You can sue for unlimited MEDICAL costs if there is malpractice, but the non-medical costs (pain and suffering, etc) is capped. And that cap has not risen since it was first put in place.”

What you did not mention is the loophole that allows the Lawyers threaten to file ASSAULT charges as part of the suit (which is a very common practice now) which then removes the cap on non medical costs. So in reality there was not much to the “caps.”