Health Law Policy

  • Read more: Reducing Gun Violence in America
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    Reducing Gun Violence in America

    By Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Typically, we would avoid such a shameless plug for our researchers — we’d be a little more subtle. But, we can’t help it this time. This book is the best $10 you’ll spend all year. A little less than a month ago, Johns Hopkins University convened…

  • Read more: Frakes on The Impact of Medical Liability Standards on Physician Behavior
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    Frakes on The Impact of Medical Liability Standards on Physician Behavior

    By The Petrie-Flom Center Michael Frakes, former Petrie-Flom Center Academic Fellow and current Assistant Professor at Cornell Law School, has an interesting new article out in the American Economic Review: The Impact of Medical Liability Standards on Regional Variations in Physician Behavior: Evidence from the Adoption of National-Standard Rules Abstract: I explore the association between regional…

  • Read more: The Salience of Numbers: W-2s Now List Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance
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    The Salience of Numbers: W-2s Now List Cost of Employer-Sponsored Health Insurance

    By Katie Booth Beginning in 2013, W-2s for firms who file at least 250 W-2 forms will list the amount of money that employers and employees spend on health insurance premiums. As the New York Times reports, “[t]o some, it will be a surprise, perhaps even a shock.” Many people insured through their employer have…

  • Read more: Breaking News on Contraceptive Coverage Mandate
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    Breaking News on Contraceptive Coverage Mandate

    By Holly Fernandez Lynch News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 1, 2013 Contact: HHS Press Office(202) 690-6343 Administration issues Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on recommended preventive services policy The Obama administration today issued proposed rules for public comment regarding contraceptive coverage with no cost sharing under the health care law. The proposed rules provide women with…

  • Read more: Finasteride as an FDA-Approved Baldness Remedy: Is It Effective?
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    Finasteride as an FDA-Approved Baldness Remedy: Is It Effective?

    By Jonathan J. Darrow Questionable baldness remedies have been peddled since the beginning of medicine. According to Pliny (23-79 A.D.), ashes of seahorse could cure baldness.  Almost 2000 years later, the British Medical Association warned the public of the increasing “number of preparations put forward for the cure of baldness,” particularly those which “are not…

  • Read more: Save the Date – May 17th “Issues and Case Studies in Clinical Trial Data Sharing – What Have We Learned?”
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    Save the Date – May 17th “Issues and Case Studies in Clinical Trial Data Sharing – What Have We Learned?”

    By The Petrie-Flom Center Please save the date for this upcoming conference at Harvard Law School on May 17, 2013: Issues and Case Studies in Clinical Trial Data Sharing: What Have We Learned? Co-sponsored by the Multi-Regional Clinical Trial Center at Harvard University, and the Petrie-Flom Center for Health Law Policy, Biotechnology, and Bioethics at…

  • Read more: No Access to Medicines without Access to Research
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    No Access to Medicines without Access to Research

    By Adriana Benedict In December, I wrote a blog post noting that access to biomedical research is critical not only for informed patient care, but also for the sustainable development of pharmaceutical R&D responsive to local needs, especially in developing countries.  In recent years, open access issues have taken on an increasingly important role in…