The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: the Texas experience

Patricia H. Born (), J. Bradley Karl () and W Viscusi
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Patricia H. Born: Florida State University, College of Business
J. Bradley Karl: East Carolina University, College of Business

Health Economics Review, 2017, vol. 7, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Abstract In this paper, we examine the influence of medical malpractice tort reform on the level of private health insurance company losses incurred. We employ a natural experiment framework centered on a series of tort reform measures enacted in Texas in 2003 that drastically altered the medical malpractice environment in the state. The results of a difference-in-differences analysis using a variety of comparison states, as well as a difference-in-difference-in-differences analysis, indicate that ameliorating medical malpractice risk has little effect on health insurance losses incurred by private health insurers.

Keywords: Medical malpractice; Health insurance; Tort reform; Liability; K13; I10; G22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1186/s13561-017-0174-2

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