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.
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Born, P. H., Karl, J. B., & Viscusi, W. K. (2017). The net effects of medical malpractice tort reform on health insurance losses: the Texas experience. Health Economics Review, 7(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13561-017-0174-2
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