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"Would Repealing the ACA Violate International Law?" (May 3rd )

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"Would Repealing the ACA Violate International Law?" (May 3rd )

David Introcaso, Ph.D.
May 5, 2017
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The Health Care Blog (http://thehealthcareblog.com/) posted an essay under this title on April 28th by myself and Jason Chung. The blog post summarizes Washington Post opinion writer, Dana Milbank's, April 25th essay noting the UN forwarded to the Trump administration on February 2nd a letter arguing repeal of the ACA would likely violate several US-agreed to international treaties and other international agreements concerning the rights of everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standards of physical and mental health. As Milbank noted, and as repeated in the blog post, the Trump administration, despite the UN's request to make known the letter to Congressional leaders, buried the correspondence.  The letter was leaked by a DHHS employee who had obtained a copy from the State Department.   

Milbank's article and the UN letter are at: https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/apparently-repealing-obamacare-could-violate-international-law/2017/04/25/2794a77c-29f4-11e7-b605-33413c691853_story.html?utm_term=.3d3cbd497026 and  https://www.washingtonpost.com/r/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2017/04/25/Editorial-Opinion/Graphics/103_17_ACA_Repeal_Request_for_Information.pdf?tid=a_inl

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