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Failures of Imagination in Public Health Policy

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By Daniel Swartzman If public health is to prosper, we will need to overcome the after-effects of several failures of imagination. Failing to use litigation against inadequate public health actions, as did the early civil rights and environmental movements. Failing to demand moral leadership of governmental actors.

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

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To design systems and policies that promote the right to health, a holistic and proactive approach is needed, one in which people, institutions, and corporations have a shared responsibility in promoting physical, mental, and social well-being. health care system. First, while the U.S. COVID-19 and the U.S.

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Prison Health Care is Broken Under the Medicaid Inmate Exclusion Policy

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The Humane Correctional Health Care Act (H.R.3514) The MIEP overburdens county and local jails financially and jeopardizes public health. 2628 would support states and counties in delivering quality health care. Repealing the MIEP can significantly improve health care access for incarcerated individuals.

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

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By Nicole Huberfeld Once again, health law has become a vehicle for constitutional change , with courts hollowing federal and state public health authority while also generating new challenges. In administrative law disputes, a critical aspect of public health law, clear statement rules enforce separation of powers.

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Churntables: A Look at the Record on Medicaid Redetermination Plans

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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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The Infertility Shift

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HIPAA and the ACA both responded to concerns about “job lock” – that employer-sponsored insurance restricted job mobility and entrepreneurship. McCuskey is a Professor at Boston University’s School of Public Health and School of Law. The post The Infertility Shift appeared first on Bill of Health. Elizabeth Y.

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Three Reactions to Braidwood v. Becerra

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To make sense of these developments, leading experts in health law policy analyze Judge O’Connor’s ruling below. This discourse strips away the public health benefits of medical treatment and shifts focus to the patient’s individual behavior. Doron Dorfman Braidwood v. It essentially de-medicalizes PrEP.