ABOUT THE EVENT:

Professor Leslie Francis discusses her recently published book, States of Health: The Ethics and Consequences of Policy Variation in a Federal System, written with co-author Professor John Francis. Leslie Francis is a professor of law and philosophy with expertise in bioethics, disability law and ethics, and privacy and data use. John Francis is a professor of political science with expertise in federalism, comparative regulatory policy, and European comparative politics. The authors will be joined by a panel of experts on healthcare and health law.

Is it morally or politically acceptable to have wide differences in the quality of health care when one crosses a state line? States of Health identifies the practical relevance of federalism to people facing ethical decisions about health and health care, and it considers the theoretical justifications for permissible differences among states. It asks whether authority over important aspects of health is misaligned in the United States today, with some matters problematically left to the states while others are taken over by the federal government. Health care is a basic good, central to the ability of people to flourish. If state policies result in a landscape where residents of some states can flourish in ways that residents of other states cannot, the mutuality of a federal union might be threatened. States of Health reminds us that there are some divisions that a nation cannot endure.

PANELISTS:

Kif Augustine-Adams, Ivan Meitus Chair and Professor of Law, Brigham Young University J. Reuben Clark Law School
Kif Augustine-Adams’ scholarship focuses on intersections among migration, gender, race, and citizenship. With co-authors, she recently published “Unaccompanied Migrant Children in US Government Custody: 2014-2023” in International Migration Review.  She has taught feminist legal theory for upwards of twenty years.

Justice Christine Durham, Former Chief Justice of Utah Supreme Court (ret.), Sr. Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati
Christine Durham was the first woman appointed to Utah’s District Court and the Utah Supreme Court. She has served as President of the Conference of Chief Justices, the National Association of Women Judges, and the A.B.A.’s Council on Legal Education and Admission to the Bar, among other activities. She also served as an adjunct profession at the S.J. Quinney College of Law, teaching State Constitutional Law for a number of years.

Phillip McMinn Singer, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Utah
Dr. Singer’s research focuses on state health policy and politics, comparative social policy, and the implementation of the Affordable Care Act. His research has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine, JAMA, Health Affairs, and many other leading journals in health care and public health.

Moderated by Daniel Aaron, Associate Professor of Law, University of Utah S.J. Quinney College of Law

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