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Gostin & Jacobson on the Public Health Provisions of the PPACA

By Lawrence Solum

Lawrence O. Gostin and Peter D. Jacobson (Georgetown University Law Center - O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law and University of Michigan School of Public Health) have posted Restoring Health to Health Reform (303 Journal of the American Medical Association 1419-1420 (2010)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:

In this article, we discuss the public health provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). We first set forth a framework to identify the key reforms that are needed for a robust public health system. These include workforce and infrastructure investments. We then assess the PPACA against these criteria. We conclude that although the act would make significant investment in public health (especially in wellness and prevention programs), it does little to improve the existing structural deficiencies that the public health system must overcome if it is to be effective in improving the population?s health.

Full post as published by Legal Theory Blog on July 22, 2010 (boomark / email).