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News Category: Health Law, Policy & Management

• guns

  StudyFinds

  Raising Legal Age for Handgun Sales to 21 Could Prevent Hundreds of Teen Suicides — refers to study co-authored by Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management; Michael Siegel, professor of community health sciences; Michael Ulrich, assistant professor of health law, ethics & human rights; and Dean Sandro Galea

  Published on August 3rd, 2020 Tagged adolescents, firearm, firearms, gun violence, guns, suicide, teenagers

• Awards

  Professor Wins Outstanding Dissertation Award

  

  Sarah Gordon received the award from AcademyHealth for her research that utilized all-payer claims databases in Colorado and Utah to examine continuity of health insurance coverage under the ACA.

  Published on August 1st, 2020 Tagged ACA, Awards, faculty honors, health inequities, health law, medicaid, policy, policy & management

• mental health

  ‘Mental Health on College Campuses is a Public Health Priority’

  

  Sarah Lipson recently spoke about the mental health challenges of transgender and gender non-conforming college students, as part of a virtual Happiness Festival on the science of happiness and resilience.

  Published on July 31st, 2020 Tagged LGBTQ health, mental health, students, transgender health

• coronavirus

  Wyoming Public Media

  Meatpackers Panned for Lack of Transparency During Pandemic — quotes Nicole Huberfeld, professor of health law, ethics & human rights 

  Published on July 30th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, slaughterhouse workers

• coronavirus

  Journalist’s Resource

  Covering Medicaid During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 6 Things Journalists Should Know — quotes Nicole Huberfeld, professor of health law, ethics & human rights

  Published on July 28th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, infectious disease, medicaid

• coronavirus

  WBUR

  BU Prof: Nursing Home COVID Deaths Point to Discrimination Against People With Disabilities — interview with George Annas, William Fairfield Warren Distinguished professor of health law, ethics & human rights

  Published on July 28th, 2020 Tagged coronavirus, covid-19, disability, discrimination, infectious disease

• medicare

  Incidental Economist

  International Pricing Index for Medicare Part B Drugs — commentary by Nambi Ndugga, policy analyst in the Department of Health Law, Policy & Management 

  Published on July 27th, 2020 Tagged access to care, access to medicines, drugs, healthcare costs, medicare

• guns

  Medical Xpress

  With Tighter Handgun Laws, U.S. Would See Fewer Suicides by Young People — quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management 

  Published on July 24th, 2020 Tagged adolescents, firearm, firearms, gun violence, guns, mental health, suicide, teenagers

• guns

  US News & World Report

  With Tighter Handgun Laws, U.S. Would See Fewer Suicides by Young People — quotes Julia Raifman, assistant professor of health law, policy & management 

  Published on July 24th, 2020 Tagged firearm, firearms, gun violence, guns, health law, suicide, teenagers

• immigrant health

  Medical Ethics at the Border

  

  The medical profession should (and can) do more to support and protect physicians who work with migrants in and around detention facilities, where inhuman government policy conflicts with medical ethics and human rights principles.

  Published on July 23rd, 2020 Tagged ethics, immigrant, immigrant health, immigration, medical ethics, politics and health, refugee, refugees, violence