Health Law and Policy Program

Health Law Legislative and Regulatory Practice Colloquium

Spring 2019

Join us for a series of events highlighting current developments in health law and policy.

RSVP to health@wcl.american.edu

Texas v. US and the Future of the Affordable Care Act

Tuesday, February 5, 2019 from 6:00 pm to 7:00 pm in N101

Featuring Joel McElvain, Partner, King & Spalding


The Support Act of 2018 and Federal, State, and Local Responses to the Opioid Crisis

Tuesday, February 19, 2019 from 6 pm to 7:50 pm in N101

Featuring:

Brian Altman, Director of Federal & Political Affairs at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association, former Director of the Division of Policy Innovation at the HHS Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Waverly Gordon, Deputy Chief Counsel, House Energy and Commerce Committee

Capri Cafaro, Executive in Residence, American University School of Public Affairs and former Minority Leader, Ohio Senate


Sex-Based Discrimination under Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act: Implications for People who are Transgender

Tuesday, March 19, 2019 from 6 pm to 7:50 pm in N101

Featuring:

Elliot Kennedy, AUWCL JD 2012, HHS Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion

Luc Athayde-Rizzaro, AUWCL LLM 2017, Policy Counsel, National Center for Transgender Equality

Mara Youdelman, Managing Attorney, National Health Law Program (tentative)

Cosponsored by the Women and the Law Program, the AUWCL chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, and the AUWCL chapter of the American Constitution Society


Litigation Challenging Medicaid Work Requirements

Tuesday, April 9, 2019 from 6 pm to 7:50 pm in N101

Featuring:

Capri Cafaro, Executive in Residence, American University School of Public Affairs and former Minority Leader, Ohio Senate

Leo Cuello, Director of Health Policy, National Health Law Program

Cosponsored by the Women and the Law Program