This digital symposium, guest edited by Erin C. Fuse Brown, explores recommendations for the Biden/Harris administration’s health policy agenda.

We asked leading health law scholars to describe one health policy action the administration should pursue, beyond the pandemic response. Their recommendations make up this symposium.

The responses range from concrete policy changes to broad reform ideas and can be grouped into three categories, those that (1) Reverse and Restore; (2) Reinforce; (3) Reform.

Read the introduction, follow the conversation, and share the articles in this symposium using #BidenHealthPolicy.

Reverse and Restore

Roll Back Harmful Section 1115 Waivers: Charting the Path Forward

Waiver withdrawals provide a path forward for the Biden administration to end a grab bag of Trump-era Section 1115 waivers. Read more

WASHINGTON, DC - OCT. 8, 2019: Rally for LGBTQ rights outside Supreme Court as Justices hear oral arguments in three cases dealing with discrimination in the workplace because of sexual orientation.

Now Is the Time for a Sex-Based Civil Rights Movement in Health Care

The Biden administration and all three branches of government are poised to finally deliver a sex-based civil rights movement in health care. Read more

A Legislative Override Could Save the ACA (and Fix Other Misapplications of Health Laws)

The Biden administration could use legislative overrides to address any number of incorrect judicial interpretations of federal health laws. Read more

Fairview Heights, IL—Jan 5, 2020; Sign on medical clinic announces Planned Parenthood branch is now open, the southern Illinois clinic was built to serve St Louis after Missouri restricted abortions.

Financing Reproductive Justice Through Title X

The Trump administration left Title X in tatters. The Biden administration has said it will undo the harm. But more than restoration is in order. Read more

Reinforce

Transformation of Behavioral Health Care Through Section 1115 Waivers

The Biden administration has a powerful tool for encouraging state-level behavioral health innovation in the § 1115 Medicaid waiver process. Read more

Biden’s Early Focus: Durable and Attainable Private Insurance

The focus of the nascent Biden administration has been on making private health insurance more durable, not deconstructing it. Read more

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Preserving Meaningful External Review Despite Insurers’ Rulification of Medical Necessity

Insurers are increasingly crafting their coverage terms in ways that undermine a vital consumer protection. Read more

Reform

Health Reform via State Waiver

If states can demonstrate success in implementing progressive health reforms, national health reform may follow. Read more

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Fixing Prices: Immigration and Physician Competition

There are many highly-trained physicians in the world who would be happy to work in the U.S. Why not let them in and introduce some free-market competition? Read more

Possibilities and Pitfalls of Health Reform Through Budget Reconciliation

Expanding health insurance coverage may be on the menu through budget reconciliation. Read more

Grafton, Illinois, USA, June 1, 2019 -Car submerged under flood water in small river town, Grafton, Illinois, as Mississippi River floods roads, businesses and houses. vehicle under water, men in boat

Bail Out Humans

Our government bails out large risks in many arenas. Yet we fail to backstop the most human risk of all — our vulnerability to suffering and death. Read more