Health Law Policy

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

    ‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast

    By Nicolas Terry and Frank Pasquale This week we interviewed Christopher Robertson, a professor and associate dean at the James E. Rogers College of Law, University of Arizona, and affiliated faculty with the Petrie Flom Center for Health Care Policy, Bioethics and Biotechnology at Harvard. Robertson also leads the Regulatory Science program, a partnership with the Arizona Health Sciences Center and the…

  • Read more: FDA’s Relationship with Marijuana: It’s Complicated

    FDA’s Relationship with Marijuana: It’s Complicated

    By Elizabeth Guo Marijuana and marijuana-derived products are top of mind for state legislatures these days. On March 10, the Virginia state legislature passed a bill legalizing cannabidiol oil, a marijuana-derived product, for patients who suffer from epilepsy. Other legislatures are actively debating measures to legalize cannabis-related products in their states, and many of these…

  • Read more: The Unintended Uninsured: The Affordable Care Act’s Coverage Gap

    The Unintended Uninsured: The Affordable Care Act’s Coverage Gap

    [Cross posted from the Harvard Law and Policy Review] By Julian Polaris This is a golden age for access to healthcare in America. In 2015, over 90% of Americans had health coverage, the highest insurance ratein the 50 years the federal government has collected insurance data. This astonishing progress is due in large part to the…

  • Read more: The Petrie-Flom Center & Coalition to Transform Advanced Care Launch “The Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy”

    The Petrie-Flom Center & Coalition to Transform Advanced Care Launch “The Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy”

    The Project on Advanced Care and Health Policy will foster development of improved models of care for individuals with serious advanced illness nearing end-of-life, through interdisciplinary analysis of important health law and policy issues. March 28, 2016 – The Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at Harvard Law School and the Coalition…

  • Read more: NPRM Symposium: Consent and Consistency in the NPRM

    NPRM Symposium: Consent and Consistency in the NPRM

    By Luke Gelinas, Guest Blogger  Interpreting the proposed consent requirement One of the most discussed and controversial aspects of the Department of Health and Human Services’ recent notice of proposed rule-making (NPRM), which stands to change the federal regulations governing research with human beings, is a new consent requirement for secondary research on bio-specimens.  ‘Secondary…

  • Read more: TOMORROW, 3/25 in NYC! Book Talk & Panel: FDA in the 21st Century – The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies

    TOMORROW, 3/25 in NYC! Book Talk & Panel: FDA in the 21st Century – The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies

    FDA in the 21st Century: The Challenges of Regulating Drugs and New Technologies March 25, 2016 12:00 PM 92nd Street Y 1395 Lexington Ave. (at 92nd St.), New York, NY Join co-editors Holly Fernandez Lynch (Petrie-Flom Executive Director) and I. Glenn Cohen (Petrie-Flom Faculty Director) and contributor Lewis Grossman (American University) for a discussion of FDA in the 21st Century: The Challenges…

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

    ‘The Week in Health Law’ Podcast

    By Nicolas Terry and Frank Pasquale This week we talked with prolific health law scholar Mark Hall, Director of the Health Law and Policy Program and Fred D. & Elizabeth L. Turnage Professor of Law at Wake Forest University School of Law. Our discussion started with Medicaid expansion and a fascinating paper, Medicaid Expansion Costs in North Carolina: A Frank Discussion (with Edwin Shoaf) that takes…

  • Read more: PANEL (4/5): The National Security Implications of the Genetics Revolution

    PANEL (4/5): The National Security Implications of the Genetics Revolution

      The National Security Implications of the Genetics Revolution April 5, 2016 12:00 PM Pound Hall, Room 101 Harvard Law School, 1536 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge, MA   Panelists: Jamie Metzl, JD ’97, Senior Fellow for Technology and National Security of the Atlantic Council. He has served on the U.S. National Security Council, State Department, and Senate Foreign…

  • Read more: Tax exemptions and nonprofit hospitals: An uncertain future

    Tax exemptions and nonprofit hospitals: An uncertain future

    Of the 4,926 community hospitals in the United States, the majority, about 58 percent (2,870) are not-for-profit. About 21 percent (1,053) are for-profit, and the remainder are owned by state and local governments. Hospitals serve communities by caring for the sick, but they’re also often billion dollar enterprises and tension between the mission and business…

  • Read more: Zubik v. Burwell, Part 6: The Accommodation is the Least-Restrictive Option

    Zubik v. Burwell, Part 6: The Accommodation is the Least-Restrictive Option

    By Gregory M. Lipper (Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, and Part 5 of this series) The plaintiffs in Zubik v. Burwell and its siblings seek to block their students and employees from receiving contraceptive coverage from third-party insurance companies and plan administrators. Even though the plaintiffs need neither provide nor pay…