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Review: Compassionate Care For The Living And The Dying, Browne C. Lewis
Review: Compassionate Care For The Living And The Dying, Browne C. Lewis
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
This is a review of "The End of End-of Life Law" (92 N.C.L. Rev. 1693 (2014), by Lois L. Shepard. In light of medical advances and increasing health care costs, conversations about end-of-life care will continue to occur. A significant portion of the discussion will focus on ways to handle surrogate decision-making. The practical suggestions Professor Shepherd includes in her article could be a valuable part of that dialogue.
Presuming Consent To Posthumous Reproduction , Hilary Young
Presuming Consent To Posthumous Reproduction , Hilary Young
Journal of Law and Health
I begin by explaining what presuming consent to posthumous reproduction would mean, then justify a presumed consent policy in some circumstances by considering the relevant interests at stake. Specifically, I distinguish between a person’s interest, while alive, in not being made a genetic parent after his death, and a dead person’s interest in not being made a genetic parent. I then examine the nature of the surviving partner’s interest in reproducing with her deceased partner. Each of these interests varies depending on the type of posthumous reproduction at stake. For example, all things being equal, reproduction involving interferences with a …
Symposium: The Legal And Ethical Implications Of Posthumous Reproduction, Trent Stechschulte
Symposium: The Legal And Ethical Implications Of Posthumous Reproduction, Trent Stechschulte
Journal of Law and Health
On March 22, 2013, the Journal of Law and Health of Cleveland-Marshall College of Law hosted a symposium entitled the “Legal and Ethical Implications of Posthumous Reproduction” in response to the United States Supreme Court case Astrue v Capato. In Astrue, Karen Capato used Robert Capato’s sperm to successfully conceive twins by in vitro fertilization eighteen months after Robert Capato’s death. Karen then applied for Social Security Survivorship Benefits on behalf of the twins, but to her dismay the Social Security Administration denied her application, prompting litigation on the twins’ behalf. The Supreme Court held that the posthumously conceived children …
Who Can Afford It?: The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act's Failure To Regulate Excessive Cost-Sharing Of Prescription Biologic Drugs , Michael Callam
Who Can Afford It?: The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act's Failure To Regulate Excessive Cost-Sharing Of Prescription Biologic Drugs , Michael Callam
Journal of Law and Health
This Note will discuss how the PPACA’s abbreviated approval pathway for biological products creates an expedited procedure to bring less expensive biologic drugs to the market, but ultimately fails to make those biologic drugs affordable because of its lack of provisions limiting insurers’ use of excessive cost-sharing requirements. Part II provides an overview of prescription drugs, compares biologics with traditional prescription drugs, and provides a brief legislative history of prescription drug laws. Part III analyzes the impact of the abbreviated approval pathway on biologic drugs’ costs to prescribed patients. It also examines the PPACA’s effects on biologics inclusion into health …
Squashing The Superbugs: A Proposed Multifaceted Approach To Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria , Lauren Orrico
Squashing The Superbugs: A Proposed Multifaceted Approach To Combatting Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria , Lauren Orrico
Journal of Law and Health
Section II of this Note will provide background on the practices of the United States farming system, which fosters the creation of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. This section will also provide background on the detrimental effects that antibiotic resistance has on human health and will briefly describe the legal history of food and drug regulations. After establishing an informational foundation, Part III will elaborate on current laws and describe the legal authority of key players, before pointing out the shortcomings in current animal feed policy and recommending the development of further regulation in this area. Additionally, Part III will propose new legislation …
Posthumously Conceived Children: An International And Human Rights Perspective , Maya Sabatello
Posthumously Conceived Children: An International And Human Rights Perspective , Maya Sabatello
Journal of Law and Health
This essay considers posthumous conception from an international and child-centered approach. After a sketch in Part I of the phenomenon of posthumous conception and the complexities it evokes, Part II examines the types of issues arising in court cases concerning posthumous conception. Part III considers how courts in their rulings have addressed the welfare and best interests of posthumously conceived children and analyzes the scope and meaning of relevant decisions. Part IV looks into children’s rights or interests raised in those judicial decisions: parental acknowledgement, family structures, identity harm, and inheritance and social benefits. This part draws on the Convention …
The Case For Flexible Intellectual Property Protections In The Trans-Pacific Partnership , Matthew E. Silverman
The Case For Flexible Intellectual Property Protections In The Trans-Pacific Partnership , Matthew E. Silverman
Journal of Law and Health
The United States and eleven other countries are currently in the end stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)—the largest free trade agreement (FTA) in U.S. history—which incorporates a range of trade topics, including the protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights (IPRs). Although the negotiations have been highly secretive, negotiating texts of the agreement leaked as recently as November 2013 have suggested that the United States is proposing IPR provisions, specifically relating to patent protection, that are stronger and less flexible than IPR provisions included within three of the four most recent U.S. FTAs. This paper addresses and analyzes …
Beyond Payment And Delivery Reform: The Individual Mandate’S Cost-Control Potential, Abigail R. Moncrieff, Manisha Padi
Beyond Payment And Delivery Reform: The Individual Mandate’S Cost-Control Potential, Abigail R. Moncrieff, Manisha Padi
Law Faculty Articles and Essays
Obamacare's individual mandate, minimum coverage requirements, elimination of cost-sharing for preventive care, and minimum medical loss ratios work together to decrease patients' decision costs, steering patients to particular choices that Congress deemed most efficient. If those regulations succeed in improving the efficiency of patients' healthcare and insurance choices, then the resulting demand-side forces can help to decrease prices. This brief Essay does not attempt to evaluate the regulations' success; it merely highlights the cost-control implications of Obamcare's demand-side measures, noting that discussions of cost control should not focus exclusively on the statute's supply-side effects.
It's A Mistake: Insurer Cost Cutting, Insurer Liability, And The Lack Of Erisa Preemption Within The Individual Exchanges, Christopher Smith
It's A Mistake: Insurer Cost Cutting, Insurer Liability, And The Lack Of Erisa Preemption Within The Individual Exchanges, Christopher Smith
Cleveland State Law Review
In today’s society, most people receive their health insurance through their employers. If their employment-based insurer engages in cost cutting that leads to patient injury, Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) preemption means that these people have no state tort-based recourse against their insurers. ERISA is a federal statute that regulates employee benefit plans, and the Supreme Court has interpreted the ERISA statute to preempt most beneficiary state tort claims against an employment-based insurer. In other words, even if the insurer, and not the doctor, caused the patient’s harm, the patient with employment-based insurance can only sue their …
Smoking Out A Compromise: Splitting The Difference Through A Public Policy Approach To Resolving The Graphic Cigarette Warning Label Circuit Split, Amelia B. Larsen
Smoking Out A Compromise: Splitting The Difference Through A Public Policy Approach To Resolving The Graphic Cigarette Warning Label Circuit Split, Amelia B. Larsen
Cleveland State Law Review
The imposition of graphic warning labels is necessary; the tobacco market exploits the lower class by capitalizing on their under-education regarding the negative health consequences of smoking. This injustice can be corrected by providing the most direct and clear communication imaginable to consumers to ensure they are completely informed of the peril they are placing themselves in when they choose to smoke—the graphic warning labels provide this kind of communication. This Note discusses why the FDA’s warning labels meet First Amendment constitutional scrutiny and serve a substantial governmental interest regarding the country’s public health, socioeconomic equality, and economy. Part II …
Liberty, Equality, And Parentage In The Era Of Posthumous Conception, Jessica Knouse
Liberty, Equality, And Parentage In The Era Of Posthumous Conception, Jessica Knouse
Journal of Law and Health
This essay uses Astrue v. Capato as a platform to examine how liberty and equality interact within parent-child relationships. It observes that as prospective parents have experienced an increase in liberty due to new reproductive technologies the children they create have not necessarily experienced a commensurate increase in equality. The law’s myopic focus on parent-child relationships rather than provider-dependent relationships renders posthumously conceived children unequal along multiple dimensions. They may have not only one provider, but also only one parent. This essay argues that shifting the law’s focus away from identifying parents and towards identifying providers would mitigate the status …
Elder Self-Neglect And Adult Protective Services: Ohio Needs To Do More, William White
Elder Self-Neglect And Adult Protective Services: Ohio Needs To Do More, William White
Journal of Law and Health
Ohio APS statutes are antiquated, do not reflect the increasingly complex needs of self-neglecting elderly, and need to be changed to decrease the likelihood of significant self-harm or even death, as represented in the story of Carlene. Section II of this paper provides background information on elder self-neglect and APS. Section III discusses why Ohio needs to mandate that APS jurisdiction includes nursing facilities and how the law could be effectively changed. Section IV discusses how APS interventions need to evolve to meet the diverse needs of the growing elderly population; a singular investigative response no longer fits for every …
The Highs Of Tomorrow: Why New Laws And Policies Are Needed To Meet The Unique Challenges Of Synthetic Drugs , Joseph A. Cohen
The Highs Of Tomorrow: Why New Laws And Policies Are Needed To Meet The Unique Challenges Of Synthetic Drugs , Joseph A. Cohen
Journal of Law and Health
This article reviews the federal government’s attempts to control the influx of synthetic drugs, particularly synthetic cannabinoids and cathinones, into the U.S. recreational drug market since 2008. It offers three recommendations targeted at Congress, the DEA, and the Department of State on ways to prevent and control synthetic drug use in America: (1) Congress should grant the DEA a new “immediate scheduling” authority; (2) the DEA should improve information sharing with states; and (3) the Department of State and the DEA should prioritize the development of a global early warning system.
Can I See Some Id? Banning Access To Cosmetic Breast Implant Surgery For Minors Under Eighteen , Katherine Cohen Cooper
Can I See Some Id? Banning Access To Cosmetic Breast Implant Surgery For Minors Under Eighteen , Katherine Cohen Cooper
Journal of Law and Health
In many situations it is perfectly reasonable, and in fact preferable, to allow parents to consent to medical interventions on the behalf of their minor children. Parents enjoy a constitutional liberty interest in directing the upbringing of their children; it is presumed that parents will act in the best interests of their children when they substitute their experiences and judgment for a child’s in making important life decisions.8 This article highlights, however, that when it comes to providing consent for their children to undergo medically unnecessary breast implant surgery, the rationales underlying the presumption of deference to parents and medical …
Hacking Health Care: Authentication Security In The Age Of Meaningful Use , Gordon Gantt Jr.
Hacking Health Care: Authentication Security In The Age Of Meaningful Use , Gordon Gantt Jr.
Journal of Law and Health
The rapid adoption of EHRs (Electronic Health Records), to store and communicate highly personal data, raises serious concerns in terms of privacy, security, and civil and criminal liability. This note will examine the current statutory framework for addressing electronic breaches in the health care context, examine the vulnerabilities of EHRs, and look to the established world of online banking for possible legislative and practical solutions to the challenge of keeping private health information private. Finally, this note will propose key amendments to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) regulations to enhance authentication security.