In 2001, a large majority agreed with a statement outlining a right to sue with limited legal damages in the face of potentially higher premium costs. When asked which was closer to their view, 80% choose “patients should be allowed to sue for economic losses, get a limited amount of money for pain and suffering, but not get additional money to punish health plans, because this would drive up the cost of people’s health insurance premiums too much,” versus 16% who choose “patients should be allowed to sue their health plans for unlimited amounts of money to compensate them for their economic losses and pain and suffering, and get additional money as a way of punishing health plans and discouraging bad conduct in the future.”