EXPERT ON PATIENT PROTECTION AND AFFORDABLE CARE ACT
Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (ACA), Florida State University’s nationally recognized experts in law and medicine are available to discuss the ramifications of the decision.
Among the available experts is Marshall Kapp, J.D., M.P.H., who serves as director of the FSU Center for Innovative Collaboration in Medicine and Law.
Kapp’s teaching and scholarship include attention to health policymaking, including its constitutional implications. He has published recently on legal and policy aspects of the Affordable Care Act in several professional journals. He is prepared to share his opinion about what he views as the serious negative societal ramifications of the Supreme Court decision that affirmed the Affordable Care Act.
“Is health care so unique that it justifies its own set of legal rules?" Kapp asked. "If Americans do not have a constitutional right to refuse to purchase an individual health insurance policy, then neither do they have a legally enforceable right to refuse specific socially beneficial medical treatments. For example, they should be subject to certain demonstrably cost-effective medical treatments such as influenza vaccinations, treatment for depression and reduction of cardiovascular disease by taking medicine to control blood pressure and cholesterol levels.”
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