Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) (also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “Obamacare”) was a major piece of healthcare legislation that intended to decrease the costs of healthcare and increase access to lower...
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physician-assisted suicide
As noted in the concurring opinion of Myers v. Schneiderman, physician-assisted suicide is when the patient performs a life-ending act with the assistance of a physician. By early 2024, physician-assisted suicide has been legalized in Oregon...
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey (1992)
Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey is the Supreme Court case that had reaffirmed the decision of Roe v. Wade (1973) prohibiting states from disallowing abortion prior to viability. However, at the time, the Court...
public option
In law, a public option refers to a government-run program that provides goods or services in competition with privately-run businesses. This concept is often discussed in areas such as healthcare, where a public option would involve the...
qualified medical child support order (QMCSO)
A qualified medical child support order (QMCSO) is an order made by a court or state administrative agency that an alternate beneficiary, such as a participant's child or stepchild, is entitled to be covered by the participant's group health...
single payer
In health care, single payer is a system that collects all medical fees for a pool of people and pays their doctors from a single government source. The pool of people may be relatively small (e.g., only persons over 65 years of age), or universal (...
spend down
Spend down is a strategy to make someone eligible for Medicaid whose income is slightly higher than the income cap. In order to be eligible for Medicaid, a person’s income level must remain below a certain level. Spend down allows someone to...