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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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How to Restore Americans’ Confidence in U.S. Health Care: Deal With Access and Cost

Health Populi

Looking forward, the Kaiser Family Foundation Tracking Poll suggests what President Biden could do to bolster the Affordable Care Act, for which he was, after all, “present at the creation” when he uttered a famous R-rated phrase to President Obama that a quiet microphone couldn’t quite cover up.

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Three Reactions to Braidwood v. Becerra

Bill of Health

While all enrollees pay into a pool; inevitably, some end up receiving more health care services than others. Though the non-religious plaintiffs did not have standing in this case, they may as well could have: the logic of their claim turns on the same de-medicalization as the religious employers granted standing.

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OIG Sends a Special Fraud Alert on Speaker Programs

C&M Health Law

OIG defined speaker programs as drug or device “company-sponsored events at which a [outside] physician or other health care professional (collectively, “HCP”) makes a speech or presentation to other [outside] HCPs about a drug or device product or a disease state on behalf of the company” using a presentation developed and approved by the company.

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