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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

Bill of Health

Failing to use litigation against inadequate public health actions, as did the early civil rights and environmental movements. Failing to anticipate litigation that challenges our efforts, such as with the ACA or the upcoming attempt to “codify Roe v. Failing to demand moral leadership of governmental actors. Absolutely.

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Reflections on the United States Health Care System and the Right to Health

Bill of Health

has some of the world’s leading medical facilities and research institutions, and the ability to deliver the highest available quality of care, it ranks last among rich nations in providing equitable, accessible, affordable, and high-quality health care. America is the only wealthy nation to lack universal health coverage.

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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

Bill of Health

The Humane Correctional Health Care Act (H.R.3514) 3514) , introduced in May of 2021, would repeal the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy and thus provide incarcerated individuals with Medicaid access.

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The End of Public Health? It’s Not Dead Yet

Bill of Health

Under the ACA, for instance, the health insurance exchanges must be implemented by HHS if states do not create them. United States , which held Congress cannot “dragoon” state executive officials to implement federal laws. Federal statutes enacted after these decisions in the mid-1990s tend to include a federal fallback.

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The Ill Health of Rural Hospitals in Four Charts

Health Populi

While these industry players won’t be building inpatient capacity in the near-term, they will be even more important ambulatory and primary care touch points for people in exurban and rural regions of America. Over time, depending on the politics of health care reform, the safety net and social determinants policies (e.g.,

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Churntables: A Look at the Record on Medicaid Redetermination Plans

Bill of Health

The COVID-19 Public Health Emergency (PHE) expires at the end of this week, with Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra expected to renew the PHE once more to extend through mid-July. By Cathy Zhang.

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2022 MHPAEA Annual Report Illuminates Tri-agency Review and Enforcement Priorities in a Post-Consolidated Appropriations Act World

C&M Health Law

The Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services (“HHS”), and the Treasury (the “Tri-agencies”) released their 2022 annual report to Congress on the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (“MHPAEA”) on Tuesday, January 25.