LAW 780 - Health Law

Unit(s): 3

This course will survey the structure, regulation and financing of the health care enterprise in the United States. Topics covered will include an overview of the Affordable Care Act, publicly-financed health programs (e.g. Medicare, Medicaid and CHIP), and employer-sponsored health insurance (including provisions of Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)). The structure of health care delivery systems, and the licensing, regulation and liability of health care practitioners and enterprises will be explored. In addition, this course will cover a number of legal and ethical issues that arise in health law, including with respect to life and death decisions, human reproduction, medically-assisted dying and research involving human subjects.

Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law