Judicial Opinions

  • Read more: Onward And Upward For The ACA After King v. Burwell

    Onward And Upward For The ACA After King v. Burwell

    Christie Hager, a speaker at the Petrie-Flom Center’s “King v. Burwell and the Future of the Affordable Care Act” conference on April 1 has a new piece up at the Health Affairs Blog discussing the Supreme Court’s decision. From the piece:  Chief Justice Roberts, in the majority opinion in King v. Burwell, confirmed that the only insurance spiral now is…

  • Read more: The Argument That Wasn’t

    The Argument That Wasn’t

    Guest Blogger Abigail R. Moncrieff of the Boston University School of Law and a speaker at the Petrie-Flom Center’s “King v. Burwell and the Future of the Affordable Care Act” conference on April 1 has a new piece up at the Health Affairs Blog discussing the Supreme Court’s decision. From the piece:  Last Christmas, I spent a somewhat panicky inter-semester break writing…

  • Read more: Reproductive Malpractice and the U.S. Military

    Reproductive Malpractice and the U.S. Military

    By Alex Stein and Dov Fox Check out the new op-ed at HuffPo by Bill of Health bloggers Dov Fox and Alex Stein on the unfair treatment of American servicewomen (and their children) under the Feres doctrine should they fall victim to medical malpractice during their pregnancy or delivery. Fox and Stein call for SCOTUS to fix…

  • Read more: King v. Burwell And The Importance Of State Politics

    King v. Burwell And The Importance Of State Politics

    David K. Jones of the Boston University School of Public Health and a speaker at the Petrie-Flom Center’s “King v. Burwell and the Future of the Affordable Care Act” conference on April 1, has a new piece up at the Health Affairs Blog discussing the Supreme Court’s decision. From the piece:  The Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell brings an…

  • Read more: The ACA Survives — But With A Note Of Caution For The Future?

    The ACA Survives — But With A Note Of Caution For The Future?

    By Rachel Sachs Academic Fellow Rachel Sachs has a new piece up at the Health Affairs Blog discussing the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell. From the piece:  Chief Justice Roberts has once again saved a core provision of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In King v Burwell, a majority of six Justices upheld the validity of an…

  • Read more: Happy about the Supreme Court’s ACA decision? Thank a law professor

    Happy about the Supreme Court’s ACA decision? Thank a law professor

    By Rachel Sachs [Originally published on The Conversation]. The core of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) has now survived its second trip to the Supreme Court. Chief Justice John Roberts wrote for the majority in King v Burwell, holding that the federal government may provide subsidies for citizens to purchase health insurance on exchanges that were…

  • Read more: King v. Burwell And A Right To Health Care

    King v. Burwell And A Right To Health Care

    By Gregory Curfman Bill of Health contributor Gregory Curfman has a new piece up at the Health Affairs Blog discussing the Supreme Court’s decision in King v. Burwell in the broader context of Americans’ right to care. From the piece: Do Americans have a fundamental right to health care? This oft-debated question is timely given the Supreme Court’s stunning…

  • Read more: Some Thoughts from a Health Lawyer on King v. Burwell

    Some Thoughts from a Health Lawyer on King v. Burwell

    By Joan H. Krause [Cross-posted from Hamilton and Griffin on Rights] The long-awaited and much-debated opinion in King v. Burwell is here. In an opinion written by Chief Justice Roberts – who almost single-handedly saved the ACA with his 2012 opinion in N.F.I.B. v. Sebelius – and newly joined by N.F.I.B. dissenter Justice Kennedy as…

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

    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 not be a constitutional right to health care in the U.S., and thanks to the Court’s 2012 decision regarding the…

  • Read more: Human Rights Tribunal Upholds France’s Policies on Ending Life Support for Permanently Unaware Patients

    Human Rights Tribunal Upholds France’s Policies on Ending Life Support for Permanently Unaware Patients

    By Norman L. Cantor France recently confronted its version of America’s 2005 Schiavo case (in which the Florida Supreme Court upheld a spouse’s determination to end life support to a permanently unconscious patient despite the patient’s parents’ objections). In 2014, France’s Conseil d’Etat ruled that artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) could be withdrawn from a…