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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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HJA Scholarship Health Justice Alliance Georgetown University …

WEBSetting the Health Justice Agenda: Addressing Health Inequity & Injustice in the Post-pandemic Clinic, Emily Benfer, James Bhandary-Alexander, Yael Cannon, Medha Makhlouf, and Tomar Pierson-Brown. Closing the Health Justice Gap: Access to Justice in Furtherance of Health Equity, Yael Cannon. Co-creating a Legal Check-up in a School …

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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 of common advantages and sharing of common burdens. It captures the twin moral impulses that animate public health: to advance human well-being by improving health and to do …

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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 …

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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 coordination both within and among states. Law can be a powerful tool for advancing global health, yet it remains significantly underutilised and poorly understood. Working in …

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A Theory and Definition of Public Health Law

WEBThe prime objective of public health law is to pursue the highest possible level of physical and mental health in the pop-ulation, consistent with the values of social justice. Several …

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"Setting the Health Justice Agenda: Addressing Health Inequity …

WEBThe COVID-19 pandemic surfaced and deepened entrenched preexisting health injustice in the United States. Racialized, marginalized, poor, and hyper-exploited populations suffered disproportionately negative outcomes due to the pandemic. The structures that generate and sustain health inequity in the United States—including in access to justice, housing, …

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"Affordable Care Act Litigation: The Supreme Court and …

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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"Closing the Health Justice Gap: Access to Justice in Furtherance …

WEBThis Article offers a new model for access to justice interventions defined by adherence to three core principles of health justice. To further health equity, access to justice strategies must (1) facilitate enforcement of extant laws; (2) elevate the power of affected individuals and communities; and (3) advance structural law and policy reform.

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

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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Health Justice Is Racial Justice: A Legal Action Agenda …

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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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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"Mapping the Issues: Public Health, Law and Ethics" by …

WEBThe field of public health is typically regarded as a positivistic pursuit and, undoubtedly, our understanding of the etiology and response to disease is heavily …

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

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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"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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A Theory and Definition of Public Health Law

WEBThe prime objective of public health law is to pursue the highest possible level of physical and mental health in the population, consistent with the values of social justice. Several …

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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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"Book Review: Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public …

WEBThis essay is a review of Social Justice: The Moral Foundations of Public Health and Health Policy by Madison Powers & Ruth Faden (2006). In this pathbreaking …

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"Health of the People: The Highest Law

WEBLaw and ethics in population health are undergoing a renaissance. Once fashionable during the Industrial and Progressive eras, the ideals of population health began to wither with …

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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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"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 …

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