Carceral Health Care Is Designed to Fail
The COVID-19 pandemic has exposed how U.S. health law and policy fails to protect people in custody.
Health Policy
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Read more: Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing Countercyclical Aid Is Not Enough to Fix the Broken US Approach to Public Health Financing
The model of countercyclical federal aid is fundamentally inadequate when applied to the realm of public health.
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Read more: The Years of Magical Thinking: Pandemic Necrosecurity Under Trump and Biden The Years of Magical Thinking: Pandemic Necrosecurity Under Trump and Biden
Death represents the de facto solution to many of the conundrums posed by the pandemic.
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Read more: Introduction to the Symposium: Health Law and Policy in an Era of Mass Suffering Introduction to the Symposium: Health Law and Policy in an Era of Mass Suffering
In this symposium, our hope is to acknowledge — and mourn — this current era of mass suffering and death.
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Read more: New Rule Puts Medical Data in Patients’ Hands New Rule Puts Medical Data in Patients’ Hands
Health systems are now required to provide patients with timely access to their own medical records, upon request.
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Read more: The Future of Race-Based Clinical Algorithms The Future of Race-Based Clinical Algorithms
Medical associations, health systems, and policymakers must work together to identify and remove racist algorithms from clinical practice.
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Read more: How Will Health Policy Change After COVID-19? How Will Health Policy Change After COVID-19?
COVID-19 highlights the importance of health policy change to socialize communicable disease costs, empower patients, and deregulate.
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Read more: The SSTAR Initiative: A Policy Proposal for a Full, Equitable Recovery from COVID-19 The SSTAR Initiative: A Policy Proposal for a Full, Equitable Recovery from COVID-19
Full recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic will require new policy that promotes equity and streamlines access to social services.
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Read more: How Policies Enacted During COVID-19 Might Reduce Future Drug Spending How Policies Enacted During COVID-19 Might Reduce Future Drug Spending
A positive outcome of the pandemic may be the demonstration via emergency measures that state governments can be flexible in substitution policies.
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Read more: The Harms of Abortion Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic The Harms of Abortion Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic
These policies restricting abortion are unlikely to conserve PPE, and more importantly, they mischaracterize the nature and importance of abortions.
