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Matthew Lawrence

  • Behavioral Health

    Addictive Design and Social Media: Legal Opinions and Research Roundup

    By Matthew B. Lawrence and Avraham R. Sholkoff This has been a busy year in research and regulation addressing addictive design by social media platforms, marked by advisories or initiatives from the Surgeon General, American…

    Addictive Design and Social Media: Legal Opinions and Research Roundup

  • Health Care Reform

    UPDATE: Death Spirals…Really to the Rescue?

    By Matthew Lawrence UPDATE: I posted what follows in January, reflecting on the JALSA amicus brief led by Prof. Abigail Moncrieff from BU that argues that petitioners’ interpretation in King v. Burwell would make the…

    UPDATE: Death Spirals…Really to the Rescue?

  • Health Care Reform

    Death Spirals…to the Rescue!

    By Matthew Lawrence We’ve heard a lot about “death spirals” and how they could stand in the way of the Affordable Care Act’s goal of a functioning individual health insurance marketplace.  Seth Chandler has an…

    Death Spirals…to the Rescue!

  • Health Law Policy

    Medicare Coverage for Sex Change Therapy: What’s Next

    By Matthew Lawrence and Elizabeth Guo Last month Medicare’s policy on coverage for sex change therapy changed somewhat. (See Matt’s earlier post here.) Specifically, Medicare’s Departmental Appeals Board invalidated the long-standing National Coverage Determination that…

    Medicare Coverage for Sex Change Therapy: What’s Next