How Do the State Medical Malpractice Laws Affect the Access to Health Care?
22 Pages
Posted: 27 Aug 2007
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance
University of Wisconsin - Madison - Department of Actuarial Science, Risk Management and Insurance
Date Written: April 11, 2007
Abstract
With 15 percent of the population in the United States lacking health insurance, significant effort is being made to identify solutions. A variety of responses have been implemented, ranging from changes to the insurance regulatory requirements to tax code revisions to legal system modifications. While a large body of literature addresses the effect of legal system modifications on medical malpractice claims and insurance as well as physician availability, we know of no prior research to investigate the effect on rates of uninsured. We test this relationship and discover that caps on non-economic damages are associated with decreasing rates of uninsured.
Suggested Citation:
Suggested Citation
Sun, Jiafeng and Schmit, Joan T., How Do the State Medical Malpractice Laws Affect the Access to Health Care? (April 11, 2007). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1007022 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.1007022
