LAW 780 - Health Law

Unit(s): 3

This course surveys the structure, regulation and financing of the U.S. health care enterprise. Topics covered include an overview of the Affordable Care Act, publicly-financed health programs (e.g. Medicare), and employer-sponsored health insurance and contemporary efforts to reform these systems. The McCarran-Ferguson Act will be covered, as well as attempts to police anti-competitive activities, fraud and abuse in the delivery of and billing for health care services. This course also covers a number of legal and ethical issues that arise in health law, including with respect to end-of-life decisions, human reproduction, and medical research. Issues arising under tort law that are particularly important with respect to health care, such as informed consent and medical malpractice liability, will also be explored.

Restriction: College restricted to School of Law
School of Law