Health Insurance & Coverage

  • Read more: What is the Meaning of Trump’s Day 1 Executive Order on the ACA?

    What is the Meaning of Trump’s Day 1 Executive Order on the ACA?

    By Erin C. Fuse Brown On the day of his inauguration, President Trump signed an executive order instructing the executive branch agencies to exercise their discretion and authority to  “waive, defer, grant exemptions from, or delay the implementation of” fees, taxes, or penalties under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The order does not specify which…

  • Read more: MONDAY (1/23)! PFC’s 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

    MONDAY (1/23)! PFC’s 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

    Health Law Year in P/Review Featured Panel: The End of ObamaCare? Health Care Reform Under A New Administration January 23, 2017  Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West AB Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Register for this event The Fifth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium will feature leading experts discussing major developments during…

  • Read more: The ACA’s Real Effect: Moving the Goalposts

    The ACA’s Real Effect: Moving the Goalposts

    By Christopher Robertson “I believe and I look forward to working with you to make certain that every single American has access to the highest-quality care and coverage that is possible. … [W]e believe it’s appropriate to put in place a system that gives every person the financial feasibility to be able to purchase the…

  • Read more: Is Mike Pence’s Medicaid Expansion a Blueprint for Donald Trump’s Health Care Reform?

    Is Mike Pence’s Medicaid Expansion a Blueprint for Donald Trump’s Health Care Reform?

    By David Orentlicher [cross-posted at orentlicher.tumblr.com] Donald Trump’s pledge to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act has looked much more like a plan for repeal than a plan to replace, especially in light of the kinds of reform proposals advanced by leading Republicans in Congress, including Trump’s designee for Secretary of HHS, U.S. Rep….

  • Read more: Tim Jost on ‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast

    Tim Jost on ‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast

    By Nicolas Terry and Frank Pasquale Subscribe to TWIHL here! This week we are honored to have a conversation with Professor Tim Jost from Washington & Lee School of Law. Jost, one of our most prolific scholars and astute commentators, not to mention the rock around which the Health Affairs blog is built, looks back at the successes and failures of the ACA,…

  • Read more: REGISTER NOW (1/23)! PFC’s 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

    REGISTER NOW (1/23)! PFC’s 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

    Health Law Year in P/Review Featured Panel: The End of ObamaCare? Health Care Reform Under A New Administration January 23, 2017  Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West AB Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Register for this event The Fifth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium will feature leading experts discussing major developments during…

  • Read more: The Best-Laid Plans For Health Care

    The Best-Laid Plans For Health Care

    By I. Glenn Cohen This new post by Petrie-Flom’s Faculty Director I. Glenn Cohen appears on the Health Affairs Blog as the first entry in a series that will stem from our Fifth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review event to be held at Harvard Law School on Monday, January 23, 2017. “The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry.”…

  • Read more: REGISTER NOW (1/23)! PFC’s 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

    REGISTER NOW (1/23)! PFC’s 5th Annual Health Law Year in P/Review

    Health Law Year in P/Review Featured Panel: The End of ObamaCare? Health Care Reform Under A New Administration January 23, 2017  Wasserstein Hall, Milstein West AB Harvard Law School, 1585 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA Register for this event The Fifth Annual Health Law Year in P/Review symposium will feature leading experts discussing major developments during…

  • Read more: Tom Price Endangers Women’s Health

    Tom Price Endangers Women’s Health

    By Allison K. Hoffman In today’s NYTimes, Jill Horwitz and I have an Op-Ed describing why Donald Trump’s selection of Tom Price for secretary of health and human services is a particular threat to women’s health. Read it here! From the Op-Ed: With the selection of Representative Tom Price as secretary of health and human services, President-elect Donald…

  • Read more: LIVE ONLINE TODAY @ NOON: President-Elect Trump’s Health Policy Agenda: Priorities, Strategies, and Predictions

    LIVE ONLINE TODAY @ NOON: President-Elect Trump’s Health Policy Agenda: Priorities, Strategies, and Predictions

    Webinar: President-Elect Trump’s Health Policy Agenda: Priorities, Strategies, and Predictions Monday, December 19, 2016, 12:00 – 1:00pm WATCH LIVE ONLINE!: https://petrieflom.law.harvard.edu/events/details/president-elect-trumps-health-policy-agenda Submit your questions to the panelists via Twitter @PetrieFlom. Please join the Petrie-Flom Center for a live webinar to address what health care reform may look like under the new administration. Expert panelists will…