How Will the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act Affect Liability Insurance Costs?

• Main Author: Auerbach, David I. (auth)
• Other Authors: Heaton, Paul (auth), Brantley, Ian (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: RAND Corporation 2014
• Subjects: Insurance & actuarial studies; Insurance law; Medicolegal issues; Health Sciences; Law; Business
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This report identifies potential mechanisms through which the Affordable Care Act (ACA) might affect liability claim costs and develops rough estimates of the size and direction of expected impacts as of 2016. Overall, effects of the ACA appear likely to be small relative to aggregate auto, workers&...