Health Law and Economic Insecurity: Reading Group
Spring term, Block L
M 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Mr. Christopher Robertson
1 classroom credit LAW-38311A
This reading group will focus on a wave of new scholarship that sheds light on the relationship between medical crises and financial insecurity. These new findings about credit card debt, labor markets, bankruptcies and foreclosures have influenced the contemporary debates about national health care reform. Is bankruptcy a useful form of catastrophic medical insurance? Should hospitals be required to give away care to the uninsured? Should foreclosure laws distinguish between various causes of default? The class will meet for six two-hour sessions, and we will aim to read about 50-75 pages per session. Readings will include excerpts from legal, economics, and medical literatures, and will include the reform proposals under Congressional debate in 2009.