The Forgotten Third: Liability Insurance And The Medical Malpractice Crisis

Authors

William M. Sage, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

7-2004

Journal Title

Health Affairs

ISSN

0278-2715

DOI

10.1377/hlthaff.23.4.10

Abstract

Although the most visible manifestations of medical malpractice involve patient safety and the legal process, the availability and affordability of liability insurance largely determine the direction of medical malpractice policy. Scientific and industrial developments since the first modern malpractice crisis in the 1970s reveal major problems with the structure and regulation of liability insurance. Comprehensive reforms that approach medical malpractice insurance as a health policy problem are needed, and the Medicare program may have a major role to play.

First Page

10

Last Page

21

Num Pages

12

Volume Number

23

Issue Number

4

Publisher

Project HOPE

Recommended Citation

William M. Sage, The Forgotten Third: Liability Insurance And The Medical Malpractice Crisis, 23 Health Affs. 10 (2004).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1729