Join us for the Jay Healey Teaching Session on this first afternoon of #HLP25 (6/4, 4:15 pm). This year’s theme, Survival with Integrity, reflects the extraordinary legal and social changes health law teachers are experiencing. You won’t want to miss this beloved & impactful opening day tradition!

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What a great panel on Gender & Sex at #HLP25 You know it will be good when you all color coordinate!

Angela Onwuachi-Willig, Dean, BU School of Law & School of Public Health

Nicole Huberfeld

Aaron Kesselheim, Brigham and Women's Hospital & Harvard Medical School, Editor in Chief of the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics

Plenary panel including Nicole Huberfeld, Aaron Kesselheim, Nina Kohn, Joan Krause, Matt Lawrence, Medha Makhlouf, and Maya Manian

It's Day 2 of the Health Law Professors Conference! We have had a tremendous welcome from @akesselheim.bsky.social, and @bostonu.bsky.social's Angela Onwuachi-Willig and Nicole Huberfeld. Happening right now: "Key Updates for a Tumultuous Time." #HLP25 #HLPC25 #HLP48

This is a wonderful honor! I'm lucky to have had so much encouragement & support along the way from *incredible* scholars, staff & students in the health law community. And it caps off a fantastic 1st year on the TT at @loyolachicago.bsky.social School of Law & the incomparable Beazley Institute!

With so much in flux and so much on the line, this type of exchange is more important than ever. And a good reminder that while the road is bumpy, we are traveling it in good company. #ASLME #HLP2025

Stellar plenary covering insanity happening in health care, admin law, immigration, FDA, long-term care, repro rights, & much more with Wendy Mariner, Joan Krause,
@mblawrence.bsky.social @mdmakhlouf.bsky.social @akesselheim.bsky.social @mayamanian.bsky.social @ninakohn.bsky.social #ASLME #HLP2025

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We are so pleased to announce our 2025 #HealthLaw Scholars:

⭐️ @benjaminabarsky.bsky.social

⭐️ Alicia Gilbert

⭐️ @davidasimon.bsky.social
@nusl.bsky.social

⭐️ @rickweinmeyer.bsky.social

#HLPC25 @slulaw.bsky.social

See you in St. Louis in September!

Jimmy Carter Appreciation 🧵:

As we mourn Carter's death, there will be lots of discussion of his presidency and his post-presidential exploits, including his work with @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social and the @cartercenter.bsky.social.

But I want to talk about Carter and the federal judiciary....

Rationing by Inconvenience: How Insurance Denials Induce Administrative Burdens Abstract. Context: How do health coverage denials keep care out of reach for American patients by imposing unevenly distributed administrative burdens? This article argues that the process of appealin...

Got 15 minutes? Grab @mirandayaver.bsky.social’s

“Rationing by Inconvenience” read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

The ubiquity and banality of claims denials are a design feature in commercial health insurance - not a bug. 🦟

Got 4 minutes? Treat yourself to the Yaver Explainer @mirandayaver.bsky.social with @npr.org:

www.npr.org/2024/12/11/n...

Examining the factors that play into the high rate of insurance denials NPR's Michel Martin talks to Miranda Yaver, a health policy scholar at the University of Pittsburgh, who offers insights into the high rate of denied health insurance claims.

Time flew by so we didn’t get a chance to discuss the administrative burdens of appealing, but this is the link to my discussion with Michel Martin on NPR Morning Edition this morning on the scope of insurance coverage denials and how AI is exacerbating this problem. www.npr.org/2024/12/11/n...

The Cold Social Media Reaction To The UnitedHealthcare CEO's Killing Was Not Hard To Predict You don’t have to feel good about these reactions to a human tragedy to understand why anybody associated with the insurance industry would inspire such hostility.

I talked with @citizencohn.bsky.social for this piece on the UnitedHealthcare events and Americans’ anger toward private health insurers, in light of the findings from my research on coverage denials and administrative burden. www.huffpost.com/entry/insura...

Across the country, people are starting meal preparations and traveling to be with friends and family.

Tell us your favorite dish on the Thanksgiving table, and we’ll share our knowledge about the work behind the ingredients. #WeFeedYou

The State of Health Insurance Coverage in the U.S. This brief presents findings from the Commonwealth Fund Biennial Health Insurance Survey to describe the state of Americans’ health insurance coverage in 2024.

If we’re serious as a nation about making #healthcare affordable for everyone, then we must address the fact that the cost of seeking care still poses a barrier to many Americans.

SURVEY FINDINGS
❌ 57% of underinsured Americans say they skip care due to costs
💳 44% have medical debt

EMTALA, a vital health law you've never heard of, is in danger EMTALA is a unique law protecting a right to emergency care in the U.S. States shouldn't be able to chip away at the protections it offers.

EMTALA case: The Nicole Huberfeld Explainer
www.statnews.com/2024/04/23/s...

Joe Lieberman is why we don’t have Medicare at 55.

The Mifepristone Case Is a Trial Balloon For a Nationwide Abortion Ban Right-wing activists probably won't win the mifepristone case at the Supreme Court, but they're laying the groundwork for something bigger.

Like the losers who ask, “If I were the last man on Earth, then could I go out with you?”, the doctors in FDA v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine are asking, “If I were the last doctor on Earth, then could I force you to give birth?”

ballsandstrikes.org/scotus/mifep...

“That’s Their Problem”: How Jared Kushner Let the Markets Decide America’s COVID-19 Fate First-person accounts of a tense meeting at the White House in late March suggest that President Trump’s son-in-law resisted taking federal action to alleviate shortages and help Democratic-led New Yo...

Dozens of major companies, including General Motors, commit to manufacturing ventilators, distributing supplies and creating a contact tracing system - they only need the administration to invoke the Defense Production Act. Kushner refuses. (2/2)
Here is a horrifying account of that meeting:

Nyt page one: DOCTORS SOUND ALARM AS NATION STRUGGLES

Friday March 20: the shortage of protective gear for front line medical workers is now front page news (see nyt) Trump says it's not his problem. “The Federal government is not supposed to be out there buying vast amounts of items and then shipping. You know, we’re not a shipping clerk.”

7 years ago today: FBI director confirms inquiry into 2016 Russian interference
6 years: Trump congratulates Putin on "reelection" despite advisers warning against
5 years: Hope Hicks to cooperate w/House inquiry
4 years: Trump makes unsupported claims re: potential of unproven drugs to treat COVID

7 years ago today: Russian elites found to have invested ~$100M in Trump properties
6 years ago: Trump taunts FBI deputy director he had fired
5 years ago: Trump refuses to apologize to Central Park Five
4 years ago: Trump defends his use of the term "China virus," says not racist

7 years ago today: "Trump’s Mar-a-Lago is heaven — for spies"
6 years ago: Stormy Daniels interview set to "60 Minutes"
5 years ago: Trump tells RNC "Democrats hate Jewish people," falsely denies calling Tim Cook "Tim Apple"
4 years ago: Trump reluctant to declare COVID emergency as outbreak grows

7 years ago today: Controversy over whether DOJ was investigating Trump
6 years ago: Revealed that Michael Cohen used Trump Org email to arrange Stormy Daniels $
5 years ago: Judge issues order in border family separation case
4 years ago: Trump refuses to cancel rallies as COVID outbreak spreads

7 years ago today: China approves 38 new Trump trademarks
6 years ago: Trump asked witnesses about interviews with special counsel
5 years ago: Manafort says "humiliated and ashamed" at sentencing
4 years ago: Trump says to leave passengers with COVID-19 on cruise ship to keep case numbers low