Wednesday, November 26, 2008

13-year-old refuses heart transplant

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The story of Hannah Jones is provoking some strong reactions -- both positive and negative -- in the U.K. The 13-year-old girl has refused a...
Sunday, November 23, 2008

Larry Gostin's "Public Health Law" text in new edition

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The great just got better. No public-health law library would be complete without Larry Gostin's Public Health Law -- Power, Duty, Rest...
Thursday, November 20, 2008

Health insurers agree to drop pre-existing condition exclusion

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You read that right. According to an article in today's New York Times , the two big health-insurance industry associations have agreed ...
Sunday, November 09, 2008

Washington passes PAS ballot measure

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The State of Washington became the second state in the U.S. to legalize physician-assisted suicide. Initiative 1000 passed 58-42, according...
Monday, November 03, 2008

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Interesting report from The Commonwealth Fund: More than two-thirds of respondents to the latest Commonwealth Fund/Modern Healthcare Health ...
Monday, October 20, 2008

Tax-exempt hospitals and "community benefit"

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Excellent discusion by John Colombo over at Nonprofit Law Prof Blog , ostensibly about the recent GAO report, Nonprofit Hospitals: Variation...
Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Seton Hall Law Review Symposium

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Preparing for a Pharmaceutical Response to Pandemic Influenza: A Seton Hall Law Review Symposium October 23-24, 2008 Seton Hall University S...
Saturday, September 27, 2008

Pay for the best care, save money

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Cary Grant is supposed to have said it's cheaper in the long run to buy the best shoes possible -- they will hold up better, last longe...
Monday, August 18, 2008

Insurer to pay $225M settlement in Medicaid coverage-denial suit

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The Kaiser Network has picked up on a report from Reuters that Amerigroup has settled a qui tam whistleblower suit in which it was accuse...
Thursday, August 14, 2008

Pediatric DCD in the news

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Today The Washington Post has an article -- Infant Transplant Procedure Ignites Debate -- that builds on yesterday's AP article about ...
Wednesday, August 13, 2008

"For better or worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health . . . "

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How to pick a life partner, 2008-style: "Let's see. . . . Good personality? Check. Kind to small animals and young children? Check....
Thursday, August 07, 2008

U.S. health care reform: can 8 out of 10 Americans be wrong?

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The latest from The Commonwealth Fund is a report based upon a Harris Interactive survey that sought the opinions of a sample of 1,004 adu...
Wednesday, August 06, 2008

Congresswoman Slams Religious Right's Assault on Science's "Edgier" Side

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Scientific American has an on-line interview with Colorado Rep. Diana DeGette, who recently published, "Sex, Science and Stem Cells: I...

New Study Looks at Uninsurance Among Immigrants

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New Study Looks at Uninsurance Among Immigrants [from today's Kaisernetwork.org's Daily Health Policy Report] Although U.S.-born res...

Latest health-related reports from GAO

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Electronic Health Records: DOD and VA Have Increased Their Sharing of Health Information, but More Work Remains. GAO-08-954, July 28, 2008 (...

Texas Attorney General: Charitable Hospital Summit

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For those interested in charity care and community benefits in Texas, the Texas Attorney General is hosting a "summit" on Tuesday...
Tuesday, August 05, 2008

What it means to be uninsured in America

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The New York Times has an article ( Millions With Chronic Disease Get Little to No Treatment ) today about the most recent Annals of Intern...
Sunday, July 27, 2008

All hospitals have to pull their weight on uncompensated care

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Tim Walters filed this op-ed piece Saturday in the Cleveland Plain Dealer : All hospitals have to pull their weight on uncompensated care . ...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008

5th Circuit's decision in Poliner is out

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Total win for Presbyterian/THR/ medical-staff docs. HCQIA immunity for money damages held to apply to emergency suspension decisions during...
Monday, July 21, 2008

Trying to Save by Increasing Doctors’ Fees

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Trying to Save by Increasing Doctors’ Fees That's the headline in this morning's New York Times ' story about health plans (inc...