In the search for solutions, insurers have always insisted that the system get back to its original intent. When first enacted in the 1970s, no-fault auto insurance was intended to address the underlying cost drivers in a tort-liability system that had made insurance more expensive than necessary. No-fault supporters pointed to benefits such as reduced non-economic damage compensation, increased compensation for injury victims, less compensation for personal injury attorneys, and faster recovery of out-of-pocket expenses by accident victims.
What has developed in the intervening 30 years is a seriously flawed system seemingly immune to repeated attempts at reform.
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