Legislative and reimbursement committee report.
The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has published a "Proposed Decision Memo for Pulmonary Rehabilitation that can be viewed in full by the following website link: (https://www.cms.hhs.gov/mcd/viewdraftdecisionmemo.asp?id=199). The bottom line is the CMS does not propose to make any proposed national coverage determination for pulmonary rehabilitation at...

U.S. State Department publishes amended list of reciprocating countries as to family support obligations.
The U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor, has published an amended list of nine countries which the U.S. has declared to be reciprocating nations in the enforcement of family support (maintenance) obligations on behalf of U.S. residents. See 2002 Int'l Law Update 14. The currently listed...

U.S. Department of State publishes list of reciprocating countries for family support obligations.
The U.S. Department of State, Office of the Legal Advisor, has published the list of countries that have been declared reciprocating for the enforcement of family support (maintenance) obligations for U.S. residents. The countries are: Australia, the Canadian Provinces [of British Columbia, Manitoba, and Nova Scotia], the Czech Republic,...

The impact of welfare reform on Asian immigrant communities.
The politics surrounding welfare reform remain inseparably tied to the racial politics embroiled in the movement for immigration reform. As we reach the 21st century, we are reminded of an anti-immigrant movement that 100 years ago was central to the definition of citizenship and the national identity. Coined the "New...

Federalism and public health law in Canada: opportunities and unanswered questions.
Public health renewal has emerged as a central policy issue in this country and has, at least for a moment, overcome the shadow of its health care cousin. This attention has been largely precipitated by the re-emergence of new infectious threats such as Mad Cow disease, West Nile virus...

Keeping welfare reform healthy.
Sweeping welfare reforms will affect many health care programs, especially traditional "safety-net providers" such as community health centers and public hospitals. Under the new welfare reform law, Congress has left some important decisions up to the states. States must decide individually how they wish to deal with Medicaid coverage...

The unintended impact of welfare reform on the Medicaid enrollment of eligible immigrants.
The Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) of 1996 restricted most legal immigrants entering the United States after August 22, 1996, from receiving federally funded Medicaid for at least five years after immigration (Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996). Since the passage of PRWORA,...

Reciprocity of advantage: the antidote to the antidemocratic trend in regulatory takings.
"The most important thing we do is not doing." (1) I. INTRODUCTION Ask any American, even the staunchest advocate for the primacy of individual property rights over the interests of the collectivity, and that person will take for granted at least three propositions:...

Pregnant drug users: Scapegoats of reagan/bush and clinton-era economics.
Introduction IN THIS ARTICLE WE PRESENT ANALYSES FROM TWO NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG Abuse-funded studies: "An Ethnographic Study of Pregnancy and Drug Use" (Rosenbaum and Murphy, 1991-1994) and "An Ethnography of Victimization, Pregnancy, and Drug Use" (Murphy, 1995-1998). Our goal is to explicate the ways in which...

Re-conceptualizing poverty law clinical curriculum and legal services practice: the need for generalists.
--legal education sharpens the mind by narrowing it. (1) Introduction The Specialization of Poverty Law How Specialization Cheats Impoverished Clients Community-Based, Client-Centered, and Holistic Legal Services Require Generalists Providing General Legal Services--One Clinic's Experience Advantages and Criticisms of a "Generalist" Clinical Model Conclusion INTRODUCTION ...