Health Law Year in P/Review
2012 was an historic year for health law, with the Supreme Court issuing the final word on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act alongside a host of other critical developments. 2013 promised to continue the trend, with a number of other important topics on the horizon, from employer coverage of contraceptives to gene patenting and more.
The first annual Health Law Year in P/Review event brought together leading experts to review some of the most important changes in the health law landscape during 2012, their implications for the future, and a preview of what was to come in 2013.
Topics and presenters:
The ACA and Health Care Reform
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Einer Elhauge, Harvard Law School
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Jonathan Gruber, MIT Department of Economics
Personhood Amendments and Contraceptives Coverage
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I. Glenn Cohen, the Petrie-Flom Center, Harvard Law School
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Holly Fernandez Lynch, the Petrie-Flom Center
Immigrants' Access to Health Care
- Wendy Parmet, Northeastern University School of Law
Affirmative Action and Medical School Admissions
- Renee Landers, Suffolk University Law School
Gene Patenting
- Aaron Kesselheim, Harvard Medical School
Tobacco and Obesity Policy and the First Amendment
- Kevin Outterson, Boston University School of Law
Summary and Wrap Up
- Kristin Madison, Northeastern University, Bouvé College of Health Sciences and the School of Law
Remarks from Dean Martha Minow, Harvard Law School
Cosponsored by the New England Journal of Medicine.
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