Cost Cushion or Cash Cow? A Federal Drugpricing Program Called into Question

Cost Cushion or Cash Cow? A Federal Drugpricing Program Called into Question

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With a specific focus on DSH hospitals, this Comment proposes that Congress amend the statutory provisions governing the 340B Program to require covered entities to reinvest 340B funds in improving the quality and accessibility of health care for their low-income and uninsured patient populations. The true potential of the 340B Program to improve the quality of healthcare for low-income and uninsured patients will remain unknown and unharnessed until gaps in the oversight of the 340B Program are closed. Congress must amend the 340B statute to require covered entities to use and account for 340B funds in a way that is consistent with the policy goals of the program. In addition, the program’s current auditing and oversight mechanisms must be adapted to ensure that appropriate recourse may be taken if 340B funds are not properly used.

Caleb C. Briggs *

* J.D., 2024, University of Richmond School of Law; B.A., 2020, University of Virginia.

 

Hitting Snooze Amidst Virginia’s Mental Health Crisis: The Shortcomings of the Bed of Last Resort and the Need for a Continuum of Crisis Care

Hitting Snooze Amidst Virginia’s Mental Health Crisis: The Shortcomings of the Bed of Last Resort and the Need for a Continuum of Crisis Care

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This Comment examines the history, structure, and unintended consequences of the Bed of Last Resort law by tracking its development and how it currently operates within Virginia’s broader mental health system. This Comment also evaluates the efficacy of the Bed of Last Resort law by comparing it to best practices for treating those experiencing mental health emergencies, focusing specifically on the Crisis Now model for a continuum of crisis care. This Comment concludes with proposals for improving the Bed of Last Resort law without completely overhauling the legislation.

Mary C. Fritz *

* J.D., 2024, University of Richmond School of Law; B.A., 2020, Villanova University.

 

Acknowledgments

Acknowledgments

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The University of Richmond Law Review is honored to present its Volume 58 Symposium issue, Vestiges of the Confederacy: Reckoning with the Legacy of the South. Each year, the Law Review hosts a symposium for professors, students, scholars, and practitioners to engage with a particular area of law. Seated in the former capital of the Confederacy, where physical remnants of the enslavement of African peoples still stand, the Law Review sought to use this year’s Symposium as an opportunity to reckon with the South’s past, name ongoing racist violences, and imagine a better future.

 

Zoë Jackson *

* Symposium Editor, University of Richmond Law Review Vol. 58. J.D., 2024, University of Richmond School of Law.

 

The South Will (Not) Rise Again: The Religion Of the Lost Cause Meets the Politics Of Confederate Monument Removal

The South Will (Not) Rise Again: The Religion Of the Lost Cause Meets the Politics Of Confederate Monument Removal

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According to the Supreme Court of the United States’ rulings in Pleasant Grove City v. Summum and Walker v. Texas Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans, Inc., there is a fundamental difference between government speech, where a governmental entity expresses its own political views on its property, and private speech on government property wherein the government only facilitates a place for private actors to speak. One key difference is the anticipated duration of the “speech.” No matter how long-winded an individual orator might be, at some point, the orator will become fatigued and stop. Thus, even when speaking on government property, such speech is temporary and, by definition, a classic example of the government facilitating private speech. Conversely, however, if the government decides to erect a monument, because the statue’s duration is presumably infinite, it becomes government speech with the obvious check of the voting public.

Jonathan C. Augustine *

* Senior Pastor, St. Joseph AME Church (Durham, NC); General Chaplain, Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc.; Consulting Faculty, Duke University Divinity School; Missional Strategist, Duke Center for Reconciliation.

 

Law Schools: Want to Help Bend the Arc Of The Moral Universe Toward Justice? Hire Law Professors with Public Service Experience

Law Schools: Want to Help Bend the Arc Of The Moral Universe Toward Justice? Hire Law Professors with Public Service Experience

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We are living in momentous times. Social justice and the legitimacy of our political systems are at the forefront of many people’s minds. Demands for change—sometimes revolutionary change— abound in response to myriad crises: the murders of Tyre Nichols, George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, and Breonna Taylor; mass incarceration and the criminalization of poverty; the bungled response to COVID-19 and resulting economic precarity of many across the globe; threats to our democratic institutions and educational institutions at home and abroad; the erosion of reproductive rights, the environment, and tribal sovereignty; attacks on LGBTQIA+ people and their rights; and persistent and devastating levels of gun violence, to name a few. During momentous times like these, law schools can and should make a difference. How we do that, however, is a more complex question. Is it only through career services offices that encourage students to pursue careers fighting for social justice? Or do professors, even ones in required doctrinal courses, have a role to play in transforming our society? In this Article, I argue the latter. I argue that one way law schools can ensure that their professors are equal partners in this fight for social justice is by hiring law professors with experience in public service (more than just a year or two clerking). Hiring professors with public service experience requires evaluating the law professor hiring process, both in fact as well as our perception of it. If my suggested interventions are adopted, law schools can ensure that the legal community contributes to the revolutions and reforms necessary to meet the demands of these momentous times.

Rachel Kincaid *

* Assistant Professor of Law, Baylor Law.