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No One Statute Should Have Too Much Power: How Electing Not To Amend 42 U.S.C § 1320(A)–7(B) May Frustrate The Purpose Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Amber C. Dawson Dec 2016

No One Statute Should Have Too Much Power: How Electing Not To Amend 42 U.S.C § 1320(A)–7(B) May Frustrate The Purpose Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act, Amber C. Dawson

University of Miami Business Law Review

The over breadth of the Federal Anti-Kickback statute as amended by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) holds dangerous implications for the future of the health care marketplace. When a statute permits criminal, civil and administrative punishment for an overbroad category of innocuous actions, such a statute must also take into account the specific, rather than general, intent of the actor, or the ensnaring of innocents is ultimately likely to result. Historically, the statute required a finding of specific intent to be found to uphold a violation of the statute. With the passing of Greber v. US and …


The Contraception Mandate Accomodated: Why The Rfra Claim In Zubik V. Burwell Fails, Caroline Mala Corbin Mar 2016

The Contraception Mandate Accomodated: Why The Rfra Claim In Zubik V. Burwell Fails, Caroline Mala Corbin

Short Works

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Deference To Claims Of Substantial Religious Burden, Caroline Mala Corbin Jan 2016

Deference To Claims Of Substantial Religious Burden, Caroline Mala Corbin

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Does The Individual Mandate Coerce?, Raphael Boleslavsky, Sergio J. Campos Jan 2013

Does The Individual Mandate Coerce?, Raphael Boleslavsky, Sergio J. Campos

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The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes an individual mandate that penalizes individuals who do not purchase health insurance. Critics of the individual mandate, including a majority of justices on the Supreme Court, contend that Congress cannot use its Commerce Clause power to coerce individuals to buy a product. Supporters concede that the mandate coerces but argue that it is otherwise permissible under the Commerce Clause. This article questions whether the individual mandate coerces. It uses a simple economic model to show that, under certain conditions, the individual mandate induces insurers to sell health insurance at a price each …


The Contraception Mandate, Caroline Mala Corbin Jan 2013

The Contraception Mandate, Caroline Mala Corbin

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Under the new health care regime, health insurance plans must cover contraception. While religious employers are exempt from this requirement, religiously affiliated employers are not. Several have sued, claiming that the "contraception mandate" violates the Free Exercise Clause, the Free Speech Clause, and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. This Essay explains why the contraception mandate violates none of them.


Debate: The Contraception Mandate And Religious Freedom, Steven D. Smith, Caroline Mala Corbin Jan 2012

Debate: The Contraception Mandate And Religious Freedom, Steven D. Smith, Caroline Mala Corbin

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