Washington and Lee Law Professor Tim Jost has published a new article in the Journal of Health Economics, Policy and Law, published by Cambridge University Press. The article, titled “The Affordable Care Act and the Supreme Court: American health care reform inches forward despite dysfunctional political institutions and politics,” discusses the political landscape of that enabled the ACA to become law. Beginning with the law’s passage in early 2010, Jost examines the various challenges and court decisions that occurred over the next 2.5 years, evaluating the legal arguments and developments during the run-up to the decision by the U.S. Supreme Court upholdng the law.
The article is available from the Cambridge Press Website.
