• Primer on “severability”: would ObamaCare fall if individual mandate struck down? [Loyola, Epstein, Shapiro, American Interest] Maybe the President picked the wrong fight: “Supreme Court’s Ratings Jump Following Health Care Hearings” [Randy Barnett]
• Heritage on med-mal reform and federalism [Hans von Spakovsky; my take] A case for New Hampshire’s “early offer” med-mal proposal [Robinette, TortsProf] “Ohio’s tort reform has curbed soaring malpractice costs” [Columbus Dispatch editorial]
• Madison County: plaintiff’s lawyer seeks gag order in med-mal case [MC Record]
• Academics debate whether authorities should crack down on medical tourism [Cohen et al, Opinio Juris]
• Shortage of physician volunteers at marathon sports events, readers of this site can guess the reason [Outside mag via White Coat]
• Connecticut Gov. Malloy proposes letting home health workers rather than nurses administer pills to homebound patients, major savings foreseen [Connecticut Mirror] Related, David Henderson;
• Governments now often cite HIPAA as reason not to release information regarding accidents, crimes and disasters [Glenn Cook, Las Vegas Review-Journal] How HIPAA implementation can keep patient history out of emergency medical responders’ hands [EP Monthly]
• London: Red Ken has pay doc, NHS being Not His Style [Marian Tupy, Cato at Liberty]

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