An objective analysis of the efficacy of caps on non-economic damages in medical liability cases shows that awards for non-economic damages—pain and suffering, physical impairment, disfigurement, marital losses, anguish, and inconvenience—do not significantly and systematically reduce overall awards to plaintiffs. In fact, limiting non-economic damages may be contributing to a rise in economic damage—lost wages, medical expenses (past and future), rehabilitation expenses, and other financial costs.