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…