The Need to Reform the Debt Limit

Representative Brendan F. Boyle [*] I. Introduction The statutory debt limit is one of the most misunderstood and misused pieces of legislation in modern history. Proponents of the debt limit have argued it is an effective means of fiscal control because it forces Congress to periodically pause and evaluate the national balance sheet. But as it s…

340B: The Shoulder of Frankenstein’s Monster

Alicia Gilbert, JD, RDN [*] Abstract Like other components of our healthcare system, the 340B program has rapidly grown and evolved with the changing healthcare landscape, and questions not sufficiently addressed by the statute creating it have arisen. One such question, the focus of this Article, is whether hospitals participating in the program…