News & Commentary
Originally published in Boston Business Journal on July 1, 2016 by Jessica Bartlett. For half a million patients on MassHealth, access to hepatitis C-curing drugs has been limited. The state […]
“Hep C case against Washington state Medicaid harbinger of things to come in era of high price drugs,” published in June 27, 2016 by reporter Molly Rosbach, examines the lawsuit […]
Originally published by the Boston Globe on June 30, 2016 by Felice Freyer The state’s Medicaid program announced Thursday it is lifting restrictions that prevented many patients from getting powerful […]
Originally published on June 28, 2016 by Casey Williams for Huffington Post. In Congress these days, it’s all about that waste. Legislation introduced Wednesday in the Senate aims to dramatically reduce […]
A Sunday, June 26, 2016 article from The Guardian asks “Can Walmart’s food labels make a dent in America’s $29bn food waste problem?” The article, written by Twilight Greenaway, looks […]
Clinical Instructor Sarah Downer recently presented CHLPI’s cutting edge food and healthcare advocacy work to over 400 attendees of the Food is Medicine Forum in Bangor, Maine. The Forum, sponsored […]
The Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation (CHLPI) of Harvard Law School will host Envisioning the Future of Type 2 Diabetes Policy: A PATHS Capstone Discussion in Washington, D.C. […]
On Wednesday, June 8, 2016, Emily Broad Leib, Director of the Harvard Food Law and Policy Clinic, joined the hosts of CBS’ morning show This Morning for a segment on […]
“After insurer changed policy, he’s winning hepatitis C fight,” is the latest in a series of stories created by Boston Globe reporter Felice Freyer on the tension between Massachusetts residents […]
After weeks of negotiation arising from a formal threat of litigation, officials at the Delaware Department of Health and Human Services and its Division of Medicaid and Medical Assistance (DMMA) […]
On May 25, 2016, team members from the Center for Health Law and Policy Innovation attended the 59th Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS (PACHA) Council Meeting, where CHLPI’s Faculty Director […]
Health Law & Policy, Commentary
CHLPI Attends American Diabetes Association 76th Scientific Sessions
June 20, 2016
On June 13, 2016, CHLPI Clinical Instructor Sarah Downer presented to over 100 attendees at the American Diabetes Association’s 76th Scientific Sessions on policy and advocacy tools to address diabetes […]