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Medicaid, State Cost-Containment Measures, And Section 1983 Provider Actions Under "Wilder V. Virginia Hospital Association", Michael D. Daneker
Medicaid, State Cost-Containment Measures, And Section 1983 Provider Actions Under "Wilder V. Virginia Hospital Association", Michael D. Daneker
Vanderbilt Law Review
After the Civil War, Congress enacted a statutory private right of action to ensure the protection of an individual's federal civil rights." This right of action, now codified at Title 42, Section 1983 of the United States Code, creates liability for anyone who, acting under a state law, program, or policy, infringes on an individual's federal rights. Although the authors of Section 1983 intended the statute to serve primarily as a mechanism for the protection of federal constitutional rights, the United States Supreme Court has recognized that Section 1983 is a valid tool for enforcing a wide variety of statutorily …
Redefining Government's Role In Health Care: Is A Dose Of Competition What The Doctor Should Order?, James F. Blumstein, Frank A. Sloan
Redefining Government's Role In Health Care: Is A Dose Of Competition What The Doctor Should Order?, James F. Blumstein, Frank A. Sloan
Vanderbilt Law Review
Throughout the 1970s, the two major political parties espoused some form of national health insurance. Faced with a fiscal squeeze, however, the Carter Administration gave national health insurance a relatively low priority.The political movement for comprehensive national health insurance rests on an ideological commitment that the federal government should underwrite the cost of providing universal access to medical services. The objective is essentially redistributive in nature: equitable concerns for the disadvantaged loom as the major focus. The selective expansion of coverage to encompass those identified as needy and worthy, but only those so identified, is anathema to those who traditionally …