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How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Gats: An Examination Of The Impact Of The General Agreement On Trade In Services On The Canadian Health-Care System, Brian N. Zeiler-Kligman
How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Love The Gats: An Examination Of The Impact Of The General Agreement On Trade In Services On The Canadian Health-Care System, Brian N. Zeiler-Kligman
Dalhousie Law Journal
There is perhaps no more cherished Canadian institution than our universal health-care system, Medicare. Despite Canadians' fondness for Medicare, there are often allegations that various external elements threaten Medicare's viability. One of these oft-cited elements is the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), which some have claimed will force the privatization of all public services. The truth in such claims is tested by examining the effect the GATS is likely to have on the Canadian health-care system. The examination includes an interpretation of GATS Article 1.3 through a textual analysis. GATS' impact on this system is explored on three …
The Three Faces Of Retainer Care, Frank A. Pasquale
The Three Faces Of Retainer Care, Frank A. Pasquale
ExpressO
Retainer care arrangements allow patients to pay a fee directly to a physician’s office in order to obtain special access to care. Practices usually convert to retainer status by concentrating their attention on a small panel and dropping the majority of their patients. Proponents call retainer care a triumph of consumer-directed health care; opponents deride it as “boutique medicine.” Both sides are deploying a variety of legal tactics in order to attain their goals.
After surveying these conflicts, this article clarifies what is at stake by analyzing the three key features of retainer care: preventive care, queue-jumping, and amenity-bundling. Most …
Reform Of Medical Liability And Patient Safety: Are Health Courts And Medicare The Keys To Effective Change?, Randall R. Bovbjerg
Reform Of Medical Liability And Patient Safety: Are Health Courts And Medicare The Keys To Effective Change?, Randall R. Bovbjerg
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
An Advocate's Response To Professor Sage, Toby S. Edelman
An Advocate's Response To Professor Sage, Toby S. Edelman
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
The Role Of Medicare In Medical Malpractice Reform, William M. Sage
The Role Of Medicare In Medical Malpractice Reform, William M. Sage
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.
Health Courts And Malpractice Claims Adjudication Through Medicare: Some Questions, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Health Courts And Malpractice Claims Adjudication Through Medicare: Some Questions, Timothy Stoltzfus Jost
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
No abstract provided.