The Supreme Court and Health Reform
September 27, 2012 | Issue Brief
The future of Medicaid expansion is less certain now that the high court has made it optional for states to participate.
Legal Systems and Issues
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How to Protect Scientific Integrity and Business Interests
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 2000, the Washington law firm of Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft defined the implications of the Shelby Amendment, which requires that all data produced by federally supported scientists at nonprofit institutions be publicly available through the Freedom of Information Act.
Mixed Verdict for Antitrust and Anti-Fraud Laws Governing Health Care Providers and Organizations
December 1, 2001 | Program Result
Legal scholars at the Vanderbilt University School of Law reviewed the effects of existing laws on the ability of health care managers to control costs and the quality of medical services delivered under new market-driven health care systems.
Model Ordinance "Mini-Brief" Guides Cities in Banning Alcohol and Tobacco Billboards
May 31, 2000 | Program Result
Southern Illinois University at Carbondale School of Law, Carbondale, Ill., analyzed the issues in constitutional and federal law involved in prohibiting billboard advertising of tobacco products.
Tax Credits for Health Insurance
January 1, 2009 | Report
This paper discusses the role that tax law can play in the implementation of health reform. The tax code has served as the primary vehicle for subsidizing health care in the United States, with subsidies averaging $245 billion per year. Use of the tax code to support or implement health policy is extremely common in proposals at both the federal and state levels.
Can the Federal Government Mandate Health Insurance Coverage?: And Other Legal Issues in Health Reform
January 31, 2011 | Program Result
Georgetown University's O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law analyzed the legal issues surrounding health reform and suggested ways to structure legislation so that it complied with existing laws and the U.S. Constitution.
A Quiet Revolution
March 1, 2004 | Journal Article
This paper considers law's impact on health system change. Federal courts and state regulators have remade the rules of the medical marketplace, restricting the methods available to managed care organizations to control costs. Legal conflict, howeve ...
Helping Lawmakers Reach Informed Decisions on Tobacco Bills
January 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 1998 and 1999, the Advocacy Institute, Washington, planned, wrote and distributed 15 reports providing a nonpartisan analysis of issues relevant to five tobacco control proposals that came before the U.S. Senate during the 105th Congress.
Researchers Compile State Health Privacy Statutes, Identify Best Principles
May 1, 2003 | Program Result
In 1999, the Health Privacy Project of the Institute for Health Care Research and Policy published a compilation of health privacy statutes in all 50 states and a "consensus document" of best principles for shaping health privacy policy.
Researchers Study the Trend of Using Arbitration to Resolve Health Care Delivery Problems
September 1, 2002 | Program Result
Researchers at the RAND Corporation conducted the first phase of a two-phase project to evaluate the pattern of use of binding arbitration agreements by California health care plans and providers and their effect on dispute outcomes.