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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.


“Play Or Pay”: Interpreting The Employer Mandate Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act As It Relates To Tribal Employers, Rachel Sibila Jan 2015

“Play Or Pay”: Interpreting The Employer Mandate Of The Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act As It Relates To Tribal Employers, Rachel Sibila

American Indian Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Founders’ Origination Clause (And Implications For The Affordable Care Act), Prof. Robert G. Natelson Aug 2014

The Founders’ Origination Clause (And Implications For The Affordable Care Act), Prof. Robert G. Natelson

Robert G. Natelson

This Article is the first comprehensive examination of the original legal force of the Constitution’s Origination Clause, drawing not merely on the records of the 1787-90 constitutional debates, but on founding-era British and American legislative practice and other sources. This Article defines the bills governed by the Origination Clause, the precise meaning of the House origination requirement, and the extent of the Senate’s amendment power. For illustrative purposes, the Article tests against its findings the currently-litigated claim that the financial penalty for failure to acquire individual health insurance under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is invalid as a …


Rural Roads To Acos: Inter-Community Collaboration Is Key To Rural Accountable Care Organizations' Success Under Medicare's Shared Savings Program, Justin Kearns Sep 2013

Rural Roads To Acos: Inter-Community Collaboration Is Key To Rural Accountable Care Organizations' Success Under Medicare's Shared Savings Program, Justin Kearns

West Virginia Law Review

No abstract provided.


Does The Individual Mandate Coerce?, Sergio Campos, Raphael Boleslavsky Aug 2012

Does The Individual Mandate Coerce?, Sergio Campos, Raphael Boleslavsky

Sergio J. Campos

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act includes an individual mandate which penalizes individuals who do not purchase health insurance. Critics of the individual mandate, including a majority of justices on the Supreme Court, contend that Congress cannot use its Commerce Clause power to coerce individuals to buy a product. Supporters concede that the mandate coerces but argue that it is otherwise permissible under the Commerce Clause. This Essay questions whether the individual mandate coerces. It uses a simple economic model to show that, under certain conditions, the individual mandate induces insurers to sell health insurance at a price each …


Global Health Law Norms And The Ppaca Framework To Eliminate Health Disparities, Gwendolyn R. Majette Jan 2012

Global Health Law Norms And The Ppaca Framework To Eliminate Health Disparities, Gwendolyn R. Majette

Law Faculty Articles and Essays

This Article analyzes how PPACA constitutes framework legislation that complies with global health law norms protecting a right to health in its approach to the reduction of health care disparities for racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Part I identifies the global health laws that impose a duty on the United States to eliminate health disparities for people of color. Part II analyzes the legislative framework that PPACA creates to protect the right to health and eliminate health care disparities. Finally, Part III concludes with my recommendations on future efforts to reduce and eliminate health care disparities for …


Obligatory Health, Noa Ben-Asher Jan 2012

Obligatory Health, Noa Ben-Asher

Elisabeth Haub School of Law Faculty Publications

The Supreme Court will soon rule on the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act passed in March 2010. Courts thus far are divided on the question whether Congress had authority under the Commerce Clause to impose the Act's "Individual Mandate" to purchase health insurance. At this moment, the public and legal debate can benefit from a clearer understanding of the underlying rights claims. This Article offers two principal contributions. First, the Article argues that, while the constitutional question technically turns on the interpretation of congressional power under the Commerce Clause, underlying these debates is a tension between …


The Pragmatist’S Guide To Comparative Effectiveness Research, Amitabh Chandra, Anupam B. Jena, Jonathan Skinner Apr 2011

The Pragmatist’S Guide To Comparative Effectiveness Research, Amitabh Chandra, Anupam B. Jena, Jonathan Skinner

Dartmouth Scholarship

No abstract provided.


This Is A Big @&%#*^! [Political Question] Deal!”, Ryan H. James Oct 2010

This Is A Big @&%#*^! [Political Question] Deal!”, Ryan H. James

Ryan H. James

No abstract provided.


Rhetorical Federalism: The Value Of State-Based Dissent To Federal Health Reform, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard Oct 2010

Rhetorical Federalism: The Value Of State-Based Dissent To Federal Health Reform, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard

Scholarly Works

This Article makes the affirmative case for the widespread trend of state resistance to the recently enacted, comprehensive federal health reform law, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010, or ACA. A significant number of states have engaged in various forms of objection to the new federal laws, including filing lawsuits against the federal government, enacting laws providing that ACA will not apply to residents of the state, and refusing to cooperate with implementing the new laws. This Article identifies reasons why those actions should not be disregarded simply as Tea Party antics or election-year gamesmanship but instead …


State Constitutionalism And The Right To Health Care, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard Jun 2010

State Constitutionalism And The Right To Health Care, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard

Scholarly Works

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 …