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2017
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[Journal:] Health Economics Review [ISSN:] 2191-1991 [Volume:] 7 [Issue:] 42 [Publisher:] Springer [Place:] Heidelberg [Year:] 2017 [Pages:] 1-16
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Springer, Heidelberg
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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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Medical malpractice
Health insurance
Tort reform
Liability
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K13
I10
G22
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