Balancing Health Care Rationing and Disability Rights in a Pandemic
Amid the present surge of the coronavirus pandemic, it is crucial that disability rights are a factor in the development of triage protocols.
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Read more: Medicaid Expansion Goes to the Polls Medicaid Expansion Goes to the Polls
By Rahul Nayak With the 2018 midterm elections fast approaching, there are key some voter propositions with important health implications. Most notably, this November, voters in three conservative states — Idaho (Proposition 2), Utah (Proposition 3), and Nebraska (Initiative 427) — will be deciding on whether to expand Medicaid. In addition, voters in Montana will…
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Read more: Medical Malpractice: The New Wave of Constitutional Attacks on Damage Caps Medical Malpractice: The New Wave of Constitutional Attacks on Damage Caps
By Alex Stein About forty-five years ago, tort reforms took off and states have started capping compensation awards for victims of medical malpractice. The plaintiffs bar countered this initiative by raising different constitutional challenges against caps. Those challenges alluded to equal protection, due process, separation of powers, and the general right to a jury trial. Some…