TODAY ON THE BLOG

COVID-19

Universal Testing To End The Pandemic
By Reda Cherif, Fuad Hasanov, and Michael Mina

In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, we urgently need an all-out effort to set up a universal testing infrastructure. The technology to develop rapid, convenient, and cheap tests already exists. Producing these tests at the needed scale can be achieved quickly, and the annual cost would be miniscule compared to the cost of the pandemic. Read More >>

LEGAL & REGULATORY ISSUES

Origins: Our Health Law Casebook And Tim Jost
By Barry R. Furrow, Thomas L. Greaney, Sandra H. Johnson, and Robert L. Schwartz

One day over lunch 36 years ago, we original coauthors began to speculate about whether we could create a health law casebook that improved on the current offerings. We decided to collaborate to create an improved model, calling it "Health Law" rather than "Law and Medicine" to emphasize the changing nature of health care delivery by the 1980s. Read More >>

IN THE JOURNAL

PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE

Racial/Ethnic And Income-Based Disparities In Health Savings Account Participation Among Privately Insured Adults
By Jacqueline Ellison, Paul Shafer, and Megan B. Cole

High-deductible health plans (HDHPs), which are increasingly prevalent among people with private health insurance, are often paired with health savings accounts (HSAs) to improve access to care before the enrollee meets their deductible. Using survey data, Jacqueline Ellison and coauthors identify racial and ethnic, as well as socioeconomic, disparities in enrollment in HDHPs and HSAs. Read More >>

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