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A deluge of state "anti-equity" legislative bills seek to reverse prevailing trends in diversity, equity, and inclusion; withdraw protections of LGBTQ+ communities; and deny access to gender-based care for trans minors and adults. While the political and constitutional fate of these acts is undetermined, profound impacts on patients and their providers are already affecting the delivery of health care and public health services.
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Saúde Pública , Humanos , Estados Unidos , Saúde Pública/legislação & jurisprudência , Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde/legislação & jurisprudência , Minorias Sexuais e de Gênero/legislação & jurisprudência , Atenção à Saúde/legislação & jurisprudência , Equidade em Saúde/legislação & jurisprudência , Masculino , Feminino , Pessoas Transgênero/legislação & jurisprudênciaRESUMO
In another tumultuous term of the United States Supreme Court in 2022-2023 a series of critical cases implicate instant and forthcoming changes in multiple fronts that collectively shift the national public health law and policy environment.
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Saúde Pública , Decisões da Suprema Corte , Humanos , Estados Unidos , PolíticasRESUMO
Among the morass of critical issues impacting the results of the midterm elections in 2022 were core public health issues related to health care access, justice, and reforms. Collectively, voters' communal health and safety concerns dominated outcomes in key races which may shape national, state, and local legal approaches to protecting the public's health in the modern era.
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Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde , Saúde Pública , Humanos , Justiça SocialRESUMO
A series of structural constitutional arguments lodged in multiple cases against Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) authorities to negotiate prescription drug prices via the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act threaten the legitimacy of CMS program and federal agency powers.
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Medicare , Medicamentos sob Prescrição , Idoso , Humanos , Estados Unidos , Negociação , Custos de MedicamentosRESUMO
In a dynamic term of the United States Supreme Court in 2021-2022 a series of critical cases raise manifold changes and impacts on individual and communal health through 10 key areas ranging from abortions to vaccinations.
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Aborto Induzido , Saúde Pública , Gravidez , Feminino , Humanos , Decisões da Suprema CorteRESUMO
As the United States emerges from the worst public health threat it has ever experienced, the Supreme Court is poised to reconsider constitutional principles from bygone eras. Judicial proposals to roll back rights under a federalism infrastructure grounded in states' interests threaten the nation's legal fabric at a precarious time. This column explores judicial shifts in 3 key public health contexts - reproductive rights, vaccinations, and national security - and their repercussions.
