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Health Insurance Exchanges: Legal Issues

WEBINTRODUCTION: Health insurance exchanges (HIE) are entities that organize the market for health insurance by connecting small businesses and individuals into larger pools …

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What Does Social Justice Require For The Public’s Health

WEBproblems at the intersection of public health and civil liberties such as paternalis-tic interventions (for example, seat belt laws) or the exercise of powers in health

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Imagining Global Health with Justice: In Defense of the Right …

WEBUltimately, the FCGH would be a global health treaty that has global health with justice as its fundamental goal and the right to health as its North Star. It would establish minimum standards for universal health coverage and public health measures, with an accompanying national and international financing framework.

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"The Invention of Health Law" by Maxwell Gregg Bloche

WEBBy default, the courts are inventing health law. The law governing the American health system arises from an unruly mix of statutes, regulations, and judge …

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"What Does Social Justice Require For The Public’s Health

WEBJustice is so central to the mission of public health that it has been described as the field's core value. Our account of justice stresses the fair disbursement …

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A Theory and Definition of Public Health Law

WEBThe literature, both academic and judicial, on the intersection of law and health is pervasive. The subject of law and health is widely taught, practiced, and analyzed. The fields that characterize these branches of study are called health law, health care law, law and medicine, forensic medicine, and public health law. Do these names …

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"Affordable Care Act Litigation: The Supreme Court and the Future …

WEBIn Florida v. HHS, a lawsuit brought on behalf of 26 states challenging the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), the Supreme …

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"The Legal Determinants of Health: Harnessing the Power of Law …

WEBHealth risks in the 21st century are beyond the control of any country. In an era of globalization, promoting public health and equity requires cooperation and …

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Health Justice Is Racial Justice: A Legal Action Agenda For …

WEBHealth Justice Is Racial Justice: A Legal Action Agenda For Health Disparities. Sheila Foster, Yael Cannon, Gregg Bloche. JULY 2, 2020 DOI: …

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"The Lancet –O’Neill Institute/Georgetown University Commission" …

WEBThe Lancet–O’Neill Institute/Georgetown University Commission on Global Health and Law published its report on the Legal Determinants of Health in 2019. The term ‘legal …

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"Health Inequalities" by Lawrence O. Gostin and Eric A. Friedman

WEBThe vast health inequalities in the United States and beyond that COVID-19 makes glaringly evident are frequently masked by aggregate statistics, which for years …

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The World Health Organization in Global Health Law

WEBIn realiz-ing global solidarity, the World Health Organization (WHO) has sought to bring the world together to respond to a shared threat. This collaboration has required global …

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Introduction: Global Health and Human Rights

WEBThe field of health and human rights seeks to apply human rights under international law to advance the public’s health. Despite the evolving development of human rights for …

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"The Historic Role of Boards of Health in Local Innovation: New …

WEBChildhood and adult obesity pose major risks for cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, with the poor and racial minorities suffering from …

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Restoring Health to Health Reform: Integrating Medicine and …

WEBAs such, economic and political factors explain the salience of health care in American society. 1 These figures are the most recent available--as of 2008 spending. Projections …

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"Emergency Preparedness and Public Health: The Lessons of …

WEBWhen Hurricane Sandy hit downtown Manhattan, three neighboring hospitals each made different decisions about when to evacuate. Across the metro …

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"Critical Perspectives to Advance Educational Equity and Health …

WEBA robust body of research supports the centrality of K-12 education to health and well-being. Critical perspectives, particularly Critical Race Theory (CRT) and Dis/ability …

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"An Assessment of Mayor Bloomberg’s Public Health Legacy" by …

WEBAs New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s last term was coming to an end, Professor Gostin wrote an article for the Hasting Center Report addressing Bloomberg’s public …

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The International Health Regulations: The Governing …

WEBThe International Health Regulations (IHR) have been the gov- erning framework for global health security for the past decade and are a nearly universally recognized World …

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Governing for Health as the World Grows Older: Healthy …

WEBBeyond the human right to the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health10, well-governed societies recognize that the founda-tions of good health in older age are …

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"A Theory and Definition of Public Health Law" by Lawrence O.

WEBI offer a brief excerpt from my book, Public Health Law: Power, Duty, Restraint. My definition of public health law follows, and the remainder of this excerpt offers a justification as well as an expansion of the ideas presented: Public health law is the study of the legal powers and duties of the state, in collaboration with its partners (e.g., …

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