Introduction (Special Health Law Issue)

This article outlines the topic of affordable health care in the United States. It advocates for citizens who, according to the article, do not receive adequate health care attention. Ultimately, the article demonstrates that the United States has the resources to solve the health care crisis

Policy Choices and Model Acts: Preparing for the Next Public Health Emergency

This article explores policy choices and model acts related to public health administration in the U.S. This article provides information of the general public or state policymakers concerning important policy choices, variation of the pre-existing legal structure in each state, and the principles of separation of powers in limiting legislature\u27s ability to delegate legislative-type decisions

Health Care Reform in the Year 2000: The View from the Front of the Classroom

This article looks at the implications of the evolution of health care reform from the perspectives of teaching health law in the United States. U.S. on Congress\u27 adoption of important limits on federal welfare programs, the direct role of government in financing health care, and the practical and theoretical problems in attempting to move forward to a more government controlled health care systems

Health Care Reform in the Year 2000: The View from the Front of the Classroom

This article looks at the implications of the evolution of health care reform from the perspectives of teaching health law in the United States. U.S. on Congress\u27 adoption of important limits on federal welfare programs, the direct role of government in financing health care, and the practical and theoretical problems in attempting to move forward to a more government controlled health care systems

The Right to Health Care in the United States

This article provides an analysis of the history of constitutional interpretation in the United States, and reveals that any right Americans have to health care is a political rather than constitutional right

Title VI and Health Facilities: Forms Without Substance

Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 prohibits racial discrimination by recipients of federal funds, including institutions that provide health care. This article assesses the current status of the Title VI enforcement program for health facilities and the problem of racial discrimination in these institutions that the Act is trying to resolve. After analyzing the legislative and political history of Title VI as it relates to health facilities, the author concludes that Title VI enforcement has been ineffective and misdirected and he suggests changes that could improve the program\u27s implementation

American Health Policy in the 1980\u27s

The author notes that the composition of the \u27fundamental problem of rising health care costs is not easily defined. The varying interests of providers, consumers, and the government\u27s budget diverge and overlap in a weblike maze, creating multifarious and fractured perspectives regarding what actually constitutes the problem. Consequently, no underlying ideological thread in American health care policy has emerged to direct a unified response to the \u27fundamental problem. It is in this political context that American health care policy of the 1980\u27s will be shaped. Professor Wing has undertaken an exhaustive review of both health care cost data and the trends that these data reveal He discusses the impact of rising health care costs on the economy, examining expenditures for hospital services, physician services, nursing homes, and other services. He considers the rising costs of health care to state and federal government, particularly the impact of Medicare and Medicaid. Finally, he comments on the growing costs of health care to the consumer, including both rising premium payments for private health insurance and growing out-of-pocket payments. He places these data in the current political context and concludes with some observations regarding American health care policy into the 1990\u27s

North Carolina\u27s Medicaid Program: The Effects of the Reagan-era Budget Reductions

This article is principally a description of the current program and the legislative and administrative changes made in response to the recent federal budget cuts, an assessment of the state\u27s current cost containment strategy, and an analysis of the options facing North Carolina in the years to come