Tort Reform is Working?

In 2003, the year of the Great Medical Malpractice Crisis, Texas led the nation by passing a cap on damages in medical malpractice cases. The New York Times reported recently that the result of this tort reform package is an influx of doctors wanting to get licensed in Texas. They perceive Texas to be "doctor-friendly", according to the Times article (click on the title to this post for the aritcle).

Well, I suppose that's good news, but I wonder who all these doctors are. Are we getting applications from the ones who are afraid that killing patients in Florida will cost them a fortune, while in Texas, it's not that expensive?

Or, maybe there wasn't really a crisis at all, but the media coverage of the crisis, and the tort reform solution has convinced doctors that Texas is a good place to be -- when in reality, nothing has changed about how many people sue their doctor, or how much they really recover?

I'm cynical enough to believe the former, but realistic enough to believe that the latter is just as likely.