The article by Pashman and Perez (2015) explains a decision by Wheaton College to cease offering students health insurance in order to avoid violating Obamacare, which requires insurers to offer coverage for birth control.  Wheaton College was founded on Christian values that ban some forms of contraception. Specifically, the institution does not support FDA-approved morning pills and intrauterine devices since its religious beliefs equate use […]

In an attempt to optimize the resilience and the security of the nation’s critical infrastructure, it is significant to apply a concerted approach to integrate all the critical stakeholders and partners.  One of the critical infrastructure sectors is healthcare and public health sector towards this integration. Due to this, it is quintessential to ensure healthcare operations are in continuity during an emergency. This is facilitated […]

The United States has suffered immense damage from terrorist activities. Perhaps the largest attack in recent history was the 9/11 attack in which at least 3,000 people lost their lives and property worth billions of dollars damaged. Following the attack, the U.S. government realized that it was ill-prepared to prevent and respond effectively to terror attacks. The government undertook several initiatives to increase its resilience […]

The First Amendment holds that there should not be a law that prohibits freedom of speech, free exercise, press, or peaceful assembling. The First Amendment guarantees our right to free speech, peaceful assembly, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances, which is essentially a Constitutional right to form interest groups and work collectively to influence public policy. Basing on the requirements of […]