Health Law

The Supreme Court’s June 29, 2023, ruling that affirmative action in the admissions processes at Harvard College and the University of North… More

ar from keeping courts away from social controversy as promised, the Dobbs decision – and the individual state power to dictate circumstances under which patients can access myriad types of reproductive health care it unleashed – pose implications that remain unpredictable, inequitable, and heart-wrenching for patients and providers alike. More

Two recent, much-discussed decisions from federal courts in Texas—one striking down the Affordable Care Act’s requirements for insurance coverage of preventive health services, the other invalidating the US Food and Drug Administration’s approval of the abortion drug mifepristone—illustrate a deepening tension between the public health community and the courts. Both decisions are now on appeal and may not ultimately be affirmed. More

Public health is vulnerable to judicial rulings in this new conservative era. More

A recent set of lawsuits against the Monsanto Corporation by local and state governments to get the company to clean up the mess it made of waterways and local schools with polychlorinated hydrocarbons (PCB) pollution has led to efforts by the company to silence scientists who have served as expert witnesses for plaintiffs. More

On February 2, 2023, the Biden administration published a proposed rule that represents the latest chapter in a long-running war over the Affordable Care Act’s guarantee of free contraceptive coverage . More

For decades, corporate mergers and consolidations in the US health care system were like the weather—complain all you want because you can’t do anything about them.  More

Lawrence O. Gostin and Alexandra Finch of the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and Georgetwon University explore why the Affordable Care Act must be strengthened and expanded. More

The future of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is on the line at the Supreme Court. Again! For the 3rd time since its enactment in 2010. This term, the… More

After more than a decade of promise and hype, artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) are finally making inroads into clinical… More