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Wendy E. Parmet

  • Bioethics

    Better Care Act Targets Immigrants

    By Wendy Parmet If you need yet another reason to conclude that the Senate Republicans’ proposed health care bill – the so-called Better Care Reconciliation Act (BCRA)– is designed more to appease different parts of…

    Better Care Act Targets Immigrants

  • Events

    Newtown: A Public Health Law Perspective

    This post is part of a series “Healing in the Wake of Community Violence: Lessons from Newtown and Beyond,” based on an event of the same name hosted at Harvard Law School in April 2017. Background on…

    Newtown: A Public Health Law Perspective

  • Bioethics

    Newtown: A Public Health Law Perspective

    This post stems for the “Healing in the Wake of Community Violence: Lessons from Newtown and Beyond – Film Screening and Panel Discussion,” held at Harvard Law School on April 24, 2017.  By Wendy E. Parmet…

    Newtown: A Public Health Law Perspective

  • Bioethics

    New Blog Symposium: Between Complacency and Panic – Legal, Ethical and Policy Responses to Emerging Infectious Diseases

    We are pleased to present this symposium featuring commentary from participants in the “Between Complacency and Panic: Legal, Ethical and Policy Responses to Emerging Infectious Diseases” conference held on April 14, 2017, at Northeastern University…

    New Blog Symposium: Between Complacency and Panic – Legal, Ethical and Policy Responses to Emerging Infectious Diseases

  • Health Law Policy

    Should Government Officials Be Held Responsible For Failing To Protect Health?

    By Wendy Parmet This new post by Wendy Parmet appears on the Health Affairs Blog in a series stemming from the Fifth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event held at Harvard Law School on Monday, January 23, 2017. In May 2016, President Barack…

    Should Government Officials Be Held Responsible For Failing To Protect Health?

  • Government Regulation

    Public Health under the Trump Administration

    By Wendy E. Parmet The recent report by the National Center for Health Statistics showing a decline in life expectancy in the U.S. in 2015 highlights a point largely overlooked in post-election discussions about health…

    Public Health under the Trump Administration

  • Health Law Policy

    Expanding Coercive Treatment Is The Wrong Solution For The Opioid Crisis

    By Leo Beletsky, Wendy Parmet, and Ameet Sarpatwari Cross posted from Health Affairs Blog Amidst a surging crisis of opioid abuse and overdoses, many policymakers have called for expanded use of coercive treatment. Many states, including Massachusetts, already allow…

    Expanding Coercive Treatment Is The Wrong Solution For The Opioid Crisis

  • Health Care Reform

    King v. Burwell: Is the ACA Here to Stay?

    By Wendy Parmet With Chief Justice Roberts’ remarkably strong decision today for the Supreme Court in King v. Burwell millions of Americans can now rest assured:  affordable health insurance is here to stay.  There may…

    King v. Burwell: Is the ACA Here to Stay?