Scholar’s Corner – Recent Scholarly Works in Global Health Law

Section 125 Plans for Individual Insurance and HIPAA’s Group Insurance Provisions

Amy Monahan, University of Missouri School of Law
Mark A. Hall, Wake Forest University – School of Law

Abstract:
Several states have either passed or proposed legislation requiring employers to offer their employees the ability to pay for health insurance on [...]

News Brief: Global Health Law News Updates

U.S. Federal Agencies were rated on their scientific candor by the Union of Concerned Scientists. Here’s how they scored: A: CDC; B-plus: Nuclear Regulatory Commission; B: NASA, NOAA, Census Bureau, National Institute of Standards and Technology; C: National Institutes of Health, U.S. Geological Survey; D: Fish and Wildlife Service, EPA , Bureau of [...]

HHS Secretary Leavitt Spoke About Global Health Diplomacy to Georgetown University Students

On Friday, October 17, 2008, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt spoke to a group of students at Georgetown University about global health diplomacy and the challenges facing the incoming president.
Secretary Leavitt’s recommendations to the incoming president were threefold: (1) Use health diplomacy to advance foreign policy goals; (2) broaden the definition [...]