The Law of American Health Care (Aspen Casebook), 3rd Edition (EPUB)

By Nicole Huberfeld, Elizabeth Weeks Leonard, Kevin Outterson, Matthew Lawrence
A student-friendly casebook for the new generation of health lawyers in an evolving legal landscape, The Law of American Health Care emphasizes lightly, carefully edited primary source excerpts, plain-language exposition, focused comprehension questions, and problems for concept application. It introduces key themes and uses them as a conceptual anchor so when the law inevitably changes, students have tools to nimbly move forward. These themes include: federalism; individual rights; fiduciary relationships; the administrative state; markets and regulation; and equity and distribution. The book engages topics in-depth, to give students a comprehensive understanding of the most important features of health care law and hands-on experience working through cutting-edge issues. 
New to the 3rd Edition: 

Current debates about government power among public health officials, legislatures, judges, and other state actors, including issues arising from the COVID-19 pandemic 
Public insurance materials reorganized so students can better absorb Medicare/Medicaid and apply lessons of the pandemic and litigation over various issues 
Solidification of ACA reforms, including surprise billing legislation and changes in the exchange subsidies that attempted to fill the Medicaid coverage gap 
Consolidated health care business organization materials  
New/revised materials and new cases in tax exempt entities and health care fraud/abuse, state action doctrine, and discrimination in healthcare/health insurance (including history of attempts to address health care discrimination, 1964 Civil Rights Act Title VI, ADA, HIPAA portability, ACA guaranteed issue, renewal, community rating, and Section 1557) 
Government enforcement’s more aggressive approach to labor issues 
Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health and ensuing state law chaos and federal/state conflicts 
Increased use of digital health care tools and telehealth driven by the pandemic 
Right-to-try movement and other features of biomedical research that became more relevant during the pandemic 

Benefits for instructors and students: 

Practice-oriented approach immerses students in primary source materials that include judicial opinions as well as statutory, regulatory, advisory, and empirical sources used in practice 
Focused on needs of students practicing health care law in a post-ACA, pandemic-impacted world 
First health care law casebook to reorient federal law as central authority for health care regulation (as opposed to state or common law) 
Exploration of two major public insurance programs provided before discussion of private insurance options, intentionally suggesting the increasing primacy of social insurance in the U.S. and underscoring even the most uniform coverage (Medicare) is complex 
Intro chapter with critical organizing themes and in-depth case studies which are woven throughout other chapters, including more prominent emphasis on equity and distributive justice 
Text boxes highlight key lessons and help explain/enhance material 
Directed Questions, hypothetical Problems, and end-of-chapter Capstone Problems support focused reading and clearer synthesis of major issues 
Manageable length 
Focused on topics encountered in the day-to-day practice of health law 
Essential connective narrative without overwhelming notes 
New co-author with deep health care legislative and regulatory experience

Product Details

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Aspen Opco Llc; 3rd edition (March 10, 2023)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 936 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1543847668
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1543847666