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Four ways to improve upon the Affordable Care Act

April 21, 2017April 20, 2017 Clarice 1 Comment ACA, Affordable Care Act, AHCA, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Congress, Dr. Cedric Dark, health policy, Insurance, Medicaid, policy, Politics

In a grand effort to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory, U.S. Congressional Republicans have failed in their attempt to repeal the Affordable Care

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H.R. 1313 and the future of genetic privacy

March 17, 2017March 16, 2017 Clarice 3 Comments ACA, ADA, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Congress, Genes, Genetic Privacy, GINA, health policy, Jessica Roberts, law, Privacy

In the 1997 film Gattaca, the protagonist is unable to pursue his dream job because of his “sub-optimal” genetic makeup. In 2008, the U.S. Congress

From the Labs features an image showing the striatum in the brain of a mouse model of Huntington’s Disease. Image courtesy of Dr. Juan Botas/eLife, 2021.