Category Archives: News
Adjudicating health care reform by dissent
This article first appeared in the Daily Journal on March 15, 2012. The procedural infrastructure within which the nation’s judicial system operates is as important as the canons of law the Courts espouse. In many ways, the doctrine of justiciability affords the … Continue reading
Redefining the Valuation Methods of Modern Day Hospital Care
Abstract and PDF are available at the Social Science Research Network. Due to the sensitive nature of the industry it services, the American hospital must rightfully operate under copious federal and state regulations, in addition to volumes of rules and ordinances established … Continue reading
The right to strike vs. the right to care
Modern day health care is a troubled industry. Enshrouded in a net of oft-conflicting regulations and entrusted with the safety of America’s sick and wounded, many of whom lack the necessary insurance to guarantee reimbursement to their providers, the financial … Continue reading
Health care reform experiences growing pains
This article first appeared in the Daily Journal on January 27, 2012. In its attempt to modify the basic structure of our nation’s health care system, President Barack Obama’s Affordable Care Act has understandably caused a series of rifts between competing … Continue reading
Lessons from my father
This article first appeared on the PBS affiliated website This Emotional Life. “Everything in moderation, including moderation.” –Oscar Wilde, Irish writer and poet When it comes to understanding what it means to be a man, little boys typically look toward one … Continue reading
California’s Vanishing Community Hospital: An Endangered Institution
This article first appeared in the Fall 2011 Issue of California Health Law News, a Publication of the California Society of Healthcare Attorneys. Across the nation, America’s community hospitals are under siege. Once considered indispensible to our health care system, the … Continue reading
Our Fear of Health Care Reform and the Household Vacuum
“That’s the nice thing about carousels, they always play the same songs.” -The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger This article first appeared on the PBS affiliated website This Emotional Life. It starts with a vacuum. The sudden, unfamiliar dissonance … Continue reading
Providing Care for the Uninsured Without the Federal Case
The article first appeared in Becker’s Hospital Review. Estimated at close to 50 million strong, the fate of America’s uninsured has caused quite a stir of late. As the media anxiously reports on the U.S. Supreme Court’s acquiescence to assess the … Continue reading
Tracing the evolution of American health care through Medicare
This article first appeared in the journal Health, Culture and Society. I. Before Medicare Since its inception as a government sanctioned public health insurance program, Medicare has been both a bone of contention between political parties and a beacon from which to … Continue reading
Keeping score on health care reform
This article first appeared in the Daily Journal on November 9, 2011. As 2011 enters its penultimate month, the fledgling Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act continues to unfold, and at times, unravel. Nearly two years after its passage, federal regulations … Continue reading
