Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority

Authors

Lawrence O. Gostin, Georgetown University - Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health LawFollow
Wendy E. Parmet, Northeastern University
Sara Rosenbaum, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

10-27-2020

DOI

10.1001/jama.2020.21987

Abstract

This Viewpoint looks at the range of medical and public health issues that could be adversely affected by appointment of Justice Amy Coney Barrett to the US Supreme Court, including weakening or elimination of the Affordable Care Act, Medicaid work requirements that could reduce eligibility, and reduced reproductive rights and governmental public health emergency powers.

Publication Citation

The Journal of the American Medical Association, Vol. 324, No. 21, Pp. 2157-2158, 2020. DOI No.: 10.1001/jama.2020.21987. Published online October 27, 2020.

Scholarly Commons Citation

Gostin, Lawrence O.; Parmet, Wendy E.; and Rosenbaum, Sara, "Health Policy in the Supreme Court and a New Conservative Majority" (2020). Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works. 2323.
https://scholarship.law.georgetown.edu/facpub/2323