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Mitchell and Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 7: Rewriting Regulations

  This is the seventh post in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these …

  • April 12, 2017
  • Alex Cook

Does Remand of Cases From an MDL Indicate Failure?

The predominant view of mass tort multidistrict litigation (MDL) proceedings, up to now, has been that the sojourn of the cases to the transferee court should end with the resolution of the litigation, most commonly with a national settlement. For the most part, the supervising judge is usually under considerable peer pressure not to send …

  • April 4, 2017
  • Alex Cook

Mitchell & Mitchell: Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 5: Strategies for Bending the Cost Curve

This is the fifth post in an ongoing series regarding potential changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …

  • March 22, 2017
  • Alex Cook

Mitchell & Mitchell: Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 4: Replacing ACA Subsidies with Tax Credits

This is the fourth post in an ongoing series regarding potential changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these shifts mean …

  • March 15, 2017
  • Alex Cook

In Mass Torts, Who Speaks for the Individual Plaintiffs?

Last month, I participated in a panel discussion on the status of mass tort multidistrict litigations (MDL) at a meeting of the Section of Litigation of the American Bar Association (ABA) in Squaw Valley, Calif. A fortuitous snowfall of about 100 inches fell that same week, so the skiing was great. But I digress: the …

  • February 23, 2017
  • Alex Cook

Mitchell & Mitchell on Health Care and the Trump Agenda, Part 2: What Are the Realistic Options for Repeal & Replacement of the ACA?

This is the second post in an ongoing series regarding changes in health care that may take place—and actual changes that do take place—with the new Trump administration. The likely implementation issues to be encountered for both potential and actual changes are described, based on detailed methods of analysis. The emphasis is on what these …

  • February 8, 2017
  • Alex Cook