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State Constitutionalism And The Right To Health Care, Elizabeth Leonard
State Constitutionalism And The Right To Health Care, Elizabeth Leonard
Elizabeth A. Weeks
This Article examines state constitutions and health care rights. Notably, close to a third of states’ constitutions recognize health while the U.S. Constitution contains no reference. Ample scholarly commentary exists on the absence of a right to health care under the U.S. Constitution but little attention has been paid to state constitutional law. This Article begins by explaining the absence of a federal right and the rationale for looking to state constitutional protections for health. The Article then provides a comprehensive survey of state constitutional provisions and judicial decisions enforcing or interpreting them. The survey reveals certain common themes and …
Review Of Reforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, And Opportunities, Jill R. Horwitz
Review Of Reforming Medicare: Options, Tradeoffs, And Opportunities, Jill R. Horwitz
Reviews
Medicare needs fixing. The program has its strengths; it is popular among beneficiaries, has very low administrative costs (maybe too low), and, since its inception, has greatly reduced financial risk exposure among beneficiaries. Nevertheless, it is unaffordable and inefficient. Jeanne Lambrew and Henry Aaron take up both of these challenges for Medicare reform in great detail in Reforming Medicare.
The Ethics Of Health Care Reform: Unintended Consequences Of Payment Schemes And Regulatory Mandates, Rebecca D. Elon
The Ethics Of Health Care Reform: Unintended Consequences Of Payment Schemes And Regulatory Mandates, Rebecca D. Elon
Journal of Health Care Law and Policy
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Working Sick: Lessons Of Chronic Illness For Health Care Reform, Elizabeth Pendo
Working Sick: Lessons Of Chronic Illness For Health Care Reform, Elizabeth Pendo
All Faculty Scholarship
Although chronic illness is generally associated with the elderly or disabled, chronic conditions are widespread among working-age adults and pose significant challenges for employer-based health care plans. Indeed, a recent study found that the number of working-age adults with a major chronic condition has grown by 25 percent over the past 10 years, to a total of nearly 58 million in 2006. Chronic illness imposes significant costs on workers, employers, and the overall economy. This population accounts for three-quarters of all personal medical spending in the United States, and a Milken Institute study recently estimated that lost workdays and lower …
Can State Health Reform Initiatives Achieve Universal Coverage: Lessons From California’S Recent Failed Experiment, Susan A. Channick
Can State Health Reform Initiatives Achieve Universal Coverage: Lessons From California’S Recent Failed Experiment, Susan A. Channick
Faculty Scholarship
This article is about the struggle toward health care reform. It looks at the mandated health care insurance model as well as the experiences of Massachusetts and California.
The Emergent Logic Of Health Law, Maxwell Gregg Bloche
The Emergent Logic Of Health Law, Maxwell Gregg Bloche
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
The American health care system is on a glide path toward ruin. Health spending has become the fiscal equivalent of global warming, and the number of uninsured Americans is approaching fifty million. Can law help to divert our country from this path? There are reasons for deep skepticism. Law governs the provision and financing of medical care in fragmented and incoherent fashion. Commentators from diverse perspectives bemoan this chaos, casting it as an obstacle to change. I contend in this Article that pessimism about health law’s prospects is unjustified, but that a new understanding of health law’s disarray is urgently …