Today is my birthday – and the Supreme Court (or, at least, two-thirds of it) just gave me, most people who follow health policy, and …
Author: Hank Greely
Watching your spouse die on a TV reality show: De-identification as a myth, in death and life
Much biomedical research relies on the idea of “de-identification.” The Common Rule, the federal regulation on human subjects research, applies, as a general matter, if …
Ebola: A look at what happened and what can be done
As of September 28, the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates that, so far, more than 7,100 people have been infected with and more than 3,300 …
Analysis: The Supreme Court upholds the health reform act (really)
Well, that was interesting. I'm in Berlin, on vacation, but at 4:00 PM [Thursday] turned on a television (to CNN International) to see what the Court would …
The Supreme Court on health reform: Summing up
So, what does it all mean? When? First, set your alarm clocks for late June. The Court never lets its decisions be known before the …
Ask Stanford Med: Answers to questions on Supreme Court review of health-care law
Thank you for taking the time to submit questions using the hashtag #AskSUMed or the comment section on Scope. Here are my answers. Max asks: …
The Supreme Court on health reform: day three
Unlike each of the last two days, today's argument covered two distinct issues. The morning was devoted to severability: if the Court finds that some …
The Supreme Court on health reform: day two
Today saw 120 minutes of argument on the constitutionality of the individual mandate part of the Act. I should note that I have taken a …
The Supreme Court on health reform: day one
This week the Supreme Court is devoting an impressive six hours of argument, over three days, to the Affordable Care Act. Four different federal Courts …
Health reform opponents lose in another appellate court
But the government didn't, exactly, win. Today the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals decided appeals of district court decisions from Virginia about the Affordable Care …
Thoughts on the Eleventh Circuit health-care law ruling
The great "Constitutionality of the Health Reform Bill" contest is now tied, one to one. Earlier this summer, the Sixth Circuit, which hears appeals from …
Judge Lamberth's stem cell opinion is disappointingly bad
I was shocked last week when I learned that Judge Royce Lamberth had enjoined federal support for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. This case …