The ACA’s passage sparked a national dialogue about what type of health care works best for the United States. Having failed to repeal the ACA, the current administration is promoting alternatives such as short-term health insurance plans and health savings accounts. What are the pros and cons of single-payer health care? What can we learn…
Description U.S. PIRG and Harvard Law School invite you to a panel discussion about antibiotic resistance as part of Antibiotic Awareness Week. The World Health Organization ranks antibiotic resistance as a top global health threat and experts estimate that without swift action, drug-resistant infections could kill more people each year by 2050 than cancer does…
Presentation Topic: “The U.S. Follow-On Biologic Market” This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop, please contact Jennifer Minnich at jminnich@law.harvard.edu. About the Presenter Ameet Sarpatwari is an Instructor in Medicine at Harvard Medical School, an Associate Epidemiologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and Assistant Director of…
In the last decade, the traditional conception of individual physicians or medical groups has been increasingly replaced by consolidation under academic medical centers and other national or regional administrative organizations. What are the implications of such organizational changes for patient care, and how has this trend contributed to overall rising health care costs? How well…
Presentation Presentation now available: “Patient Safety Policy Development in the NHS in England” This presentation is based on a chapter in Global Patient Safety: Law, Policy and Practice, edited by John Tingle, Clayton O’Neill, and Morgan Shimwell (Routledge 2018). This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop,…
Presentation Download the Presentation: “Perceptions of Protection under Nondiscrimination Laws” About the Presenter Kristen Underhill is an Associate Professor of Law at Columbia Law School. Her scholarship focuses on health law, with a particular interest in how the law influences individual decisions about risk and health behavior. She teaches health law and torts. Underhill studies…
Description This one-day conference explored the current pharmaceutical pricing landscape by bringing together leaders from the pharmaceutical industry, policymakers, legal practitioners, and scholars to engage in novel, interdisciplinary discussions to better understand current challenges and articulate best practices to address these issues. Participants assessed the current challenges presented in drug pricing policy, from development to…
Presentation Topic: “Rebuilding Privacy Practices after Carpenter“ This paper is not available for download. To request a copy in preparation for the workshop, please contact Jennifer Minnich at jminnich@law.harvard.edu. About the Presenter Natalie Ram is an Assistant Professor of Law at the University of Baltimore School of Law. Her primary research and teaching interests are…
Description In order to achieve the objectives of global health organization policies those policies must be translated into actionable provisions and agreements. The Global Healthcare Innovation Alliance Accelerator endeavors to provide tools and guidance to organizations involved in those efforts. As the founder of GHIAA, Julia Barnes-Weise began consulting for the Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness…
Description This year, several states applied for and received permission from the federal government to implement work requirements in their Medicaid programs. Policy designs vary by state, but all states build in considerations for people with disabilities. These considerations include exemptions and exceptions from work requirements for individuals unable to work due to a disability.…
