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Telling Stories About Health Insurance: Using New Films In The Classroom, Elizabeth Pendo
Telling Stories About Health Insurance: Using New Films In The Classroom, Elizabeth Pendo
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In keeping with the theme of "The Mass Media's Influence on Health Law and Policy," this essay is designed to share my experience using clips from three recent popular films as a method of enhancing coverage and discussion of legal and policy issues surrounding the private health insurance system, and to provide some practical advice for others interested in doing the same. It builds upon a presentation that I gave along with Professors Timothy S. Hall and Ross D. Silverman at the 2004 Health Law Teachers Conference entitled "Health Law, Policy and Media," and was inspired by Professor Paul Bergman's …
Coverage Of Reproductive Technologies Under Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plans, Elizabeth Pendo
Coverage Of Reproductive Technologies Under Employer-Sponsored Health Care Plans, Elizabeth Pendo
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The federal courts have issued two important decisions regarding non-discriminatory insurance coverage of conditions and treatments associated with sex, disability or both, such as prescription contraception and infertility treatment. Cases like Erickson and Saks are important because, as ERISA scholars know, state law mandates regarding coverage are unlikely to lead to uniform results due to the structure of ERISA's preemption provisions, and none of the federal proposals addressing infertility treatment or prescription contraception have been enacted to date.
What I would like to do is outline the impact of ERISA in this area, and offer some thoughts on one of …