Trump Administration Further Restricts Coverage of Reproductive Health Care

By Rebecca Reingold | Leave a Comment

This post was written by Emily Fruchterman, Research Assistant at the O’Neill Institute, and Rebecca Reingold. The day after the midterm elections, the Trump administration released a series of new rules likely to have a troubling impact on American women’s access to reproductive care. The first two are final rules that significantly expand the ability of employers […]

Posted in uncategorized ; Tagged: abortion, ACA, birth control, contraception, health insurance, reproductive health, Reproductive Rights, women's health.

03.28.17

Obamacare Is the Law of the Land… Now What?

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This post was written by Andrew Hennessy-Strahs, a 2017 Global Health Law LL.M. Candidate at Georgetown University Law Center. Any questions or comments can be directed to adh75@georgetown.edu. “Obamacare is the law of the land,” spoke Paul Ryan late Friday afternoon, following the collapse of support for his proposed legislation, the American Health Care Act […]

Posted in Health reform ; Tagged: ACA, AHCA, Obamacare.

03.10.17

COLLATERAL DAMAGE: REPEALING OBAMACARE WOULD ELIMINATE FUNDING FOR CRITICAL CDC PREVENTION PROGRAMS

By Sonia Canzater | Leave a Comment

There are many reasons for concern regarding the repercussions of a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. Much of the focus as of late has been on the effect repeal would have on Medicaid recipients and how the cost of health insurance would change under a new plan. However, there are […]

Posted in Health reform, Healthcare, uncategorized ; Tagged: ACA, Affordable Care Act, CDC, Obamacare, repeal.

01.06.16

HIV and Medical Bills: The Importance of the Affordable Care Act and the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program

By Sean Bland | Leave a Comment

Yesterday, Margot Sanger-Katz of The New York Times reported on a recent survey of the problems Americans face with medical bills. The survey, conducted by The New York Times and the Kaiser Family Foundation, shows a cascade of financial troubles due to many individuals and households paying substantial medical bills. In the survey, 20 percent […]

Posted in Healthcare ; Tagged: ACA, access to health care, AIDS, HIV, HIV/AIDS, National Healthcare.

06.25.15

King v. Burwell: An Exercise in Sound and Fury Signifying Nothing

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This post was written by Tim Westmoreland, a Professor from Practice at Georgetown Law. His courses include legislation and statutory interpretation, health law, and the federal budget process. Everyone within reach of an electronic device already knows that the Supreme Court has upheld the Affordable Care Act (ACA) again today. Tax subsidies can continue to […]

Posted in Health reform, Healthcare ; Tagged: ACA, health reform, King v. Burwell, Obamacare, SCOTUS, US Supreme Court.

06.03.15

Tim Westmoreland on King v. Burwell – #AskAGUProf

By O’Neill Institute | Leave a Comment

The U.S. Supreme Court will issue its ruling soon on King v. Burwell, a case that questions whether it is legal for the federal government to provide subsidies to states that rely on federal health exchanges to help low- and middle-income people afford mandated health insurance under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). In the case, […]

Posted in Health reform, Healthcare, uncategorized ; Tagged: ACA, AskAGUProf, Georgetown Law, Georgetown University, health reform, King v. Burwell, Obamacare.

07.03.14

All Religious Beliefs are Equal, But Some Religious Beliefs are More Equal than Others

By Brian Honermann | Leave a Comment

Last Monday, five justices of the Supreme Court handed down a decision in Burwell v. Hobby Lobby Stores. The basic outline of the case was already briefly discussed on this blog as well as in many many other locations. In short, Hobby Lobby (and others) sued Health and Human Services (HHS) over the contraception mandate […]

Posted in Health reform, Healthcare ; Tagged: ACA, contraceptives, Hobby Lobby, Supreme Court.

06.30.14

The Supreme Court Deals a Blow to the Affordable Care Act and Access to Contraceptives

By Brian Honermann | Leave a Comment

This morning the Supreme Court handed down its most anticipated decision of the term.Burwell, Secretary of Health and Human Services, et al. v. Hobby Lobby Stores, et al. dealt with the application of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) to the contraceptive mandate established under regulations promulgated by HHS under the Affordable Care Act (ACA). […]

Posted in Health reform, Healthcare ; Tagged: ACA, Obamacare.

05.02.14

The ACA: Towards “A State of Complete Physical, Mental and Social Well-Being”

By Ana S. Ayala | Leave a Comment

“Advancing the health of our nations is a fundamental commitment we make to all our people,” said U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Kathleen Sibelius in representation of the Americas before the World Health Assembly in May 2013. She then added, “[a]s President Obama recently reminded us, access to health care is ‘not some […]

Posted in Global Health, Health reform, Healthcare, Human Rights, WHO ; Tagged: ACA, access to health care, CESCR, global health, health and human rights, health care, health coverage, health equity, health reform, health services, HHS, ICESCR, Obama, Obamacare, poverty, president obama, public health, right to health, Sebelius, United States, World Health Assembly, World Health Organization.

04.17.14

Employer-Based Health Care – All Cons, No Pros

By Brian Honermann | Leave a Comment

Since the beginning of the debates around the Affordable Care Act (ACA), there’s been a relatively muted on-going conversation about the value of the employer based health insurance model. It has, however, never really come to the fore as the ACA never seriously engaged with the idea of canning the whole system and starting fresh […]

Posted in Health reform, Healthcare ; Tagged: ACA.

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