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Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right: Medicaid, Section 1983 And The Cost Of An Enforceable Right To Health Care, Mark A. Ison
Two Wrongs Don't Make A Right: Medicaid, Section 1983 And The Cost Of An Enforceable Right To Health Care, Mark A. Ison
Vanderbilt Law Review
More than a trillion dollars annually is spent on the health care system .... Despite increases in medical care spending that are greater than the rate of inflation, population growth, and Gross Domestic Product growth, there has not been a commensurate improvement in our health status as a nation .... Despite our Nation's wealth, the health care system does not provide coverage to all Americans who want it. These words capture both the essence of America's public health care dilemma and the frustration felt by many of the lawmakers charged with the duty to solve it. The battle to lower …