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It's interesting, the system is -almost- identical to not having negative hit points at all, which is a variant rule I've played around with to reasonable success.

The only difference I can see is that you can, in this system, kill an incapacitated character by simply doing more damage until you eventually exceed the 'dead' threshold.
I'm not really sure how much that adds to the game, and if they give that up, the healing rules get a bit clearer in how they work. I think I'd just stick with there being no negative hit points at all and damage to a 'dying' character triggering a fort save versus sudden death.

The system itself is a bit less deadly (in that you're much more likely to spend time in the dying state instead of going directly from healthy to dead), but the stabilization rolls themselves seem a bit harsher. As a nice side effect, you're usually guaranteed at least 3 rounds before you snuff it, which is good. It's more fun when the other players actually get a chance to try to save you.

"This creates a huge loophole to be taken advantage of; the high hit point PCs will try to take the big hits when they're low on hit points so that they can get a better benefit from healing. "

That's nonsense. First, I don't know of anything a PC can do to effect whether they take a 'big hit' or a 'small hit'. Secondly, assuming that they could, they would *always* take the small hit rather than the big hit... it's better not to have the damage at all then to get the "benefit" of having more of it healed. Third, there's really no 'advantage' to be gained... after going down you'll end up in the exact same state whether you took a large or small hit, and you'll be just as likely to take -another- large or small hit.