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Is a Federal Medical License Constitutional?

Bill of Health

Sebelius (2012) , which upheld the Affordable Care Act while declaring the individual mandate a violation of the Commerce Clause. They elevate these cases as proof of general liberalism in the Court’s interpretations of federal power to regulate health and the obsoleteness of Dent and Hawker. Oregon , and NFIB v.

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As Nonprofit Hospitals Reap Big Tax Breaks, States Scrutinize Their Required Charity Spending

Kaiser Health News

in charity care, while for-profit hospitals provided $3.80. Last month, another study in Health Affairs reported substantial growth in nonprofit hospitals’ operating profits and cash reserves from 2012 to 2019 “but no corresponding increase in charity care.”

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Healthcare and the F-Word: Health Politics Rank High on November 6, 2018

Health Populi

[As a sidebar, if you’re concerned about the state of civil verbal discourse in America, you may be comforted to know that an Arizona State Legislator Lori Klein (R-Anthem) introduced a law into the State House to prevent teachers from cussing in Arizona classrooms, as this article from back in 2012 discusses.