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Tag Archives: Supreme Court
US Supreme Court unlikely to approve assisted suicide
January 18, 1997 Should physicians be allowed to give terminally ill patients lethal doses of medication? This question, more frequently on the minds of people in the US thanks to Jack Kevorkian, came before the Supreme Court on Jan 8. … Continue reading
Posted in Legal, Medicine, The Lancet
Tagged ethics, euthanasia, medical ethics, physician-assisted suicide, Supreme Court
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Supreme Court Dubious on Right to Sue Over Low Medicaid Fees
Washington, DC — Several US Supreme Court justices expressed skepticism that physicians have the right to sue if they believe states have set Medicaid rates too low. The Justices were responding to oral arguments held today in Armstrong v Exceptional … Continue reading
Posted in Health policy, Legal, Medscape
Tagged Medicaid, physician fees, SCOTUS, Supreme Court
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