Insurance

  • Read more: Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part II)

    Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part II)

    By: Daniel Aaron Just last month, Professor Christopher T. Robertson, at the University of Arizona College of Law, released his new book about health care, entitled Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done About It. Part II of this book review offers an analytical discussion of “cost exposure,” the main…

    A calculator, a stethoscope, and a stack of money rest on a table.
  • Read more: Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part I)

    Why Our Health Care Is Incomplete: Review of “Exposed” (Part I)

    By Daniel Aaron Just last month, Professor Christopher T. Robertson, at the University of Arizona College of Law, released his new book about health care, entitled Exposed: Why Our Health Insurance Is Incomplete and What Can Be Done About It. This book review will offer an analytical discussion of “cost exposure,” the main subject of…

    A calculator, a stethoscope, and a stack of money rest on a table.
  • Read more: Uninsured Practice of Medicine as Actionable Tort

    Uninsured Practice of Medicine as Actionable Tort

    By Alex Stein A week ago, the Supreme Court of New Jersey has delivered an important decision on whether uninsured practice of medicine is actionable in torts. Jarrell v. Kaul, — A.3d —- 2015 WL 5683722 (N.J. 2015). This decision involved an uninsured anesthesiologist who allegedly provided negligent pain management treatment to a patient. Under New…

  • Read more: A Question of Insurance Fraud?

    A Question of Insurance Fraud?

    By Scott Burris No, I mean it: this is a question to Bill of Health readers who know about the law on this topic. This week, a colleague handed me a palm card she’d been given at a subway station here in Philadelphia. “Cash for diabetic test strips” it read.  Comparing prices on the company’s…