By Scott Burris In a well-known exchange, Richard Epstein argued that modern public health had strayed far outside its traditional and proper work of preventing epidemics and injuries into a realm of social engineering in which it lacked both competence and legitimacy. William Novak, the historian, disagreed, emphasizing the continuity of our public quest for…
Professor Einer Elhauge has a new article out in the Daily Beast today about an easy reform that could save thousands of lives and hundreds of billions of dollars, all without a political fight: defragmenting health care. Take a look!
By Scott Burris Law has been an extremely effective mode of public health intervention in the last thirty years, which means that proponents of its use have won more than a few tough political battles. Nonetheless, it is hard to escape the fact that, in recent years, the public health side has been getting killed…
SAVE THE DATE! Food & Drug Law: Past, Present & Future Celebrating Peter Barton Hutt’s 20 Years (thus far) at HLS Thursday, January 17, 2013 Wasserstein 2019; Milstein West AB Harvard Law School 4:00pm (reception to follow at 5:30) Peter Barton Hutt has worked at the Washington, DC law firm of Covington & Burling, specializing in…
By Elizabeth Sepper Happy new year to all and thanks to the Bill of Health for the opportunity to blog this month! The first day of 2013 saw yet another ruling in the contraception coverage controversy. And yet another private corporation—this time a real estate management company owned by the billionaire founder of Domino’s pizza—won…
Founding Director of the Petrie-Flom Center, Professor Einer Elhauge, has just published an article with co-author Alex Krueger on an issue that the Supreme Court just granted certiorari on in FTC v. Watson: the proper antitrust analysis of reverse payment patent settlements. In such settlements, the alleged infringer receives a payment and agrees to stay…
By Scott Burris Phil Coffin and Sean Sullivan have published a cost-effectiveness study of interventions that equip heroin users and others to administer naloxone in the event of a witnessed opioid overdose. Naloxone is the standard antidote, and can easily be administered by lay people with a minimum amount of training. Family members and friends…
By Scott Burris Between budget cuts and “nanny state” attacks, it’s easy to feel that public health is a perennial political loser. As for the courts, the first two constitutional amendments alone are throwing up enough barriers to reasonable health regulation to keep us on the defensive for years. In this series of posts about…
By Gaia Bernstein [cross-posted from Concurring Opinions] Egg and sperm donations are an integral part of the infertility industry. The donors are usually young men and women who donate relying on the promise of anonymity. This is the norm in the United States. But, internationally things are changing. A growing number of countries have prohibited egg…
By Scott Burris Early in January, Lindsay Wiley and the Network for Public Health Law will convene a group of health law professors and (and a few colleagues from public health law practice) in Washington. They will be spending a couple of days advancing a conversation about how academic health lawyers can make a bigger…
