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The Socioeconomic Gap Of Infertility: Medicaid Coverage Of Infertility Treatments In West Virginia, Samantha Wilson Feb 2024

The Socioeconomic Gap Of Infertility: Medicaid Coverage Of Infertility Treatments In West Virginia, Samantha Wilson

West Virginia Law Review

Infertility treatments have become more accessible and widely used in the last 20 years. As more couples look to these treatments in their struggle to start a family, health insurers are lagging behind in coverage for these options. For the majority of women in the country, paying for infertility treatment out-ofpocket is unrealistic. Not all states have approached this issue but those who have vary in their approach. Some are utilizing either mandate-to-cover for private insurers or Medicaid coverage to attempt to make treatments and diagnosis more accessible. Without policy solutions, the inequality of access between socioeconomic statuses will remain. …


Medical Malpractice As Murder? Using Root Cause Analysis As A Guiding Framework For Criminal Medical Malpractice, Kinsey Novak Booth Feb 2024

Medical Malpractice As Murder? Using Root Cause Analysis As A Guiding Framework For Criminal Medical Malpractice, Kinsey Novak Booth

West Virginia Law Review

Unprecedented criminal prosecutions for medical errors have increased throughout the nation: A Tennessee nurse was charged with reckless homicide for an isolated medication error; two South Carolina nurses were charged with criminal neglect for failing to change a wound dressing for just two days; and an Ohio pharmacist was charged with involuntary manslaughter for failing to detect that a solution contained too much sodium. Introducing criminal charges for cases of typical medical malpractice, which are most often the result of system failures, will dismantle hospitals’ error-reporting systems and lead to long-term catastrophic results for patient safety. This Note applies system …


The Dobbs Effect On West Virginia, Anne Marie Lofaso, Cameron Kiner Apr 2023

The Dobbs Effect On West Virginia, Anne Marie Lofaso, Cameron Kiner

West Virginia Law Review

Humans have practiced birth control, including abortion, for thousands of years. Pregnant individuals have sought abortions for many reasons even though the abortion procedure itself has often been dangerous to the pregnant person’s life. Moreover, a stable consensus concerning the debate about when life begins and other questions surrounding abortion has rarely if ever been attained. Notwithstanding the numerous questions raised by this indisputably controversial subject, this article is quite limited in scope. In Section I, we review the development and retrenchment of an individual’s right to terminate their pregnancy starting on January 22, 1973, the day that the United …


The Dental Health Of Rural Elderly People And Its Social Justice Implications, Jacqueline Fox Oct 2022

The Dental Health Of Rural Elderly People And Its Social Justice Implications, Jacqueline Fox

West Virginia Law Review

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Medicaid Expansion Expectations, Deborah R. Farringer Oct 2022

Medicaid Expansion Expectations, Deborah R. Farringer

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Financing Rural Health Care, Isaac D. Buck Oct 2022

Financing Rural Health Care, Isaac D. Buck

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


International Human Rights As A Vehicle For Achieving Rural Health, David H. Moore, Emily Lowder, Cami Schiel Oct 2022

International Human Rights As A Vehicle For Achieving Rural Health, David H. Moore, Emily Lowder, Cami Schiel

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


An Immigration Solution For Improving Rural Healthcare, Kit Johnson Oct 2022

An Immigration Solution For Improving Rural Healthcare, Kit Johnson

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Why Aren't Mountain State Folks Getting The Shot?: Health Literacy, Covid-19, And Vaccination Rates In West Virginia Counties, Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Taylor J. Robinson, Aimee J. Palumbo Oct 2022

Why Aren't Mountain State Folks Getting The Shot?: Health Literacy, Covid-19, And Vaccination Rates In West Virginia Counties, Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Taylor J. Robinson, Aimee J. Palumbo

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Healthcare Education Leaves The Hills: Frontier Nursing University's Move From Appalachia, Hannah Haksgaard Oct 2022

Healthcare Education Leaves The Hills: Frontier Nursing University's Move From Appalachia, Hannah Haksgaard

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Transgender Rural Communities And Legal Rights To Gender-Affirming Health Care, Nathan R. Hamons, Valarie K. Blake Apr 2022

Transgender Rural Communities And Legal Rights To Gender-Affirming Health Care, Nathan R. Hamons, Valarie K. Blake

West Virginia Law Review

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Sane, Manipulative Self-Harm: When Hostage And Hostage Taker Become One, John R. Fitzgerald Dec 2020

Sane, Manipulative Self-Harm: When Hostage And Hostage Taker Become One, John R. Fitzgerald

West Virginia Law Review

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States, Localities And Public Health, David Gartner Apr 2020

States, Localities And Public Health, David Gartner

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Forbidden Flower: How Allowing Medical Cannabis Flower In West Virginia Helps Heal Patients And The State Economy, Jordan Maddy Sep 2019

Forbidden Flower: How Allowing Medical Cannabis Flower In West Virginia Helps Heal Patients And The State Economy, Jordan Maddy

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Healthcare In Appalachia And The Role Of The Federal Government, Robert R. Davis, Shelly Cole Apr 2018

Healthcare In Appalachia And The Role Of The Federal Government, Robert R. Davis, Shelly Cole

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Black Lung In The 21st Century: Disease, Law, And Policy, Evan Barrett Smith Apr 2018

Black Lung In The 21st Century: Disease, Law, And Policy, Evan Barrett Smith

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Legal Strategies For Economic Empowerment Of Persons In Recovery, Lauren Rogal Apr 2018

Legal Strategies For Economic Empowerment Of Persons In Recovery, Lauren Rogal

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Parallel Worlds: Comparing Rural Development To Development In Global Communities, Jena Martin, Karon Powell Apr 2018

Parallel Worlds: Comparing Rural Development To Development In Global Communities, Jena Martin, Karon Powell

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Regulation Of Silica: Will Lowering The Exposure Level Cost Jobs Or Improve Public Health?, Elizabeth Ann Glass Geltman Apr 2018

Regulation Of Silica: Will Lowering The Exposure Level Cost Jobs Or Improve Public Health?, Elizabeth Ann Glass Geltman

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Working For Recovery: How The Americans With Disabilities Act And State Human Rights Laws Can Facilitiate Successful Rehabilitation For Alcoholics And Drug Addicts, Samuel Brown Petsonk, Anne Marie Lofaso Apr 2018

Working For Recovery: How The Americans With Disabilities Act And State Human Rights Laws Can Facilitiate Successful Rehabilitation For Alcoholics And Drug Addicts, Samuel Brown Petsonk, Anne Marie Lofaso

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Improving Outcomes In Child Poverty And Wellness In Appalachia In The "New Normal" Era: Infusing Empathy Into Law, Jill C. Engle Apr 2018

Improving Outcomes In Child Poverty And Wellness In Appalachia In The "New Normal" Era: Infusing Empathy Into Law, Jill C. Engle

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Community Orchards And Food Security In Appalachia, Ursula Ramsey Apr 2018

Community Orchards And Food Security In Appalachia, Ursula Ramsey

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ebolamania And Equal Protection Of Health Care Workers Under Rational Basis With Bite Review, Jennifer Jolly-Ryan Dec 2017

Ebolamania And Equal Protection Of Health Care Workers Under Rational Basis With Bite Review, Jennifer Jolly-Ryan

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Finalizing The Grand Compromise In West Virginia Workers' Compensation: Repeal Deliberate Intent, Charles R. Russell Apr 2017

Finalizing The Grand Compromise In West Virginia Workers' Compensation: Repeal Deliberate Intent, Charles R. Russell

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Talking One For The Herd: Eliminating Non-Medical Exemptions To Compulsory Vaccination Laws To Protect Immunocompromised Children, Kylie Barnhart Dec 2016

Talking One For The Herd: Eliminating Non-Medical Exemptions To Compulsory Vaccination Laws To Protect Immunocompromised Children, Kylie Barnhart

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Testing For Regulatory Penalties: Insuring The Health Of Fedrealism In The Age Of Obamacare, Steven Z. Hodaszy Sep 2016

Testing For Regulatory Penalties: Insuring The Health Of Fedrealism In The Age Of Obamacare, Steven Z. Hodaszy

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Despite What You've Been Sold - Unwrapping The Falsities Surounding Food Labels, Camille Currey Apr 2016

Despite What You've Been Sold - Unwrapping The Falsities Surounding Food Labels, Camille Currey

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Fixing The Fmla's Flaws: A Fight For Care, Adult Children, And Tax Incentives, Kelsey A. Jonas Apr 2016

Fixing The Fmla's Flaws: A Fight For Care, Adult Children, And Tax Incentives, Kelsey A. Jonas

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Role Of Litigation In The Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse, Richard C. Ausness Apr 2014

The Role Of Litigation In The Fight Against Prescription Drug Abuse, Richard C. Ausness

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Battle Over The Embryo: How West Virginia Should Legally Define The Embryo And Regulate Embryo Adoption, Alyssa Lechmanik Dec 2013

The Battle Over The Embryo: How West Virginia Should Legally Define The Embryo And Regulate Embryo Adoption, Alyssa Lechmanik

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.