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Chaoulli, et al. v. Attorney General of Quebec, et al., Supreme Court of Canada, June 9, 2005 . Excerpt:The relief...

The Supreme Court of Canada Thursday overturned a section of a Quebec law that prevented people from buying private insurance for procedures covered by public health care. The Quebec Hospital Insurance Act was challenged [Canadian Press...

Leading Tuesday's international brief, Sudanese Foreign Minister Mustafa Osman Ismail has told reporters that the Sudan government is not planning to challenge the recently announced probe into Darfur by the International Criminal Court . Ismail reiterated,...

HB 1041, Women's Health Care, signed into law by Florida Governor Jeb Bush on May 31, 2005 . Read the full text of the bill here. Reported in JURIST's Paper...

Britain's General Medical Council , the body that registers and regulates British doctors, went to court Monday to clarify a 2004 ruling on a patient's right to treatment. Leslie Burke , who suffers from a...

The Arizona State Legislature voted Thursday to approve a new bill tightening immigration laws in the state for the thousands of illegal immigrants who enter the state from Mexico annually. The bill restricts benefits...

Plata et al. v. Schwarzenegger et al., United States District Court for the Northern District of Florida, Judge Thelton E. Henderson, May 10, 2005 [citing bad health care received by inmates in California prisons and giving California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger...

A federal judge Tuesday threatened to take over the California prison health care system , citing "terrible" medical care that prisoners receive. Judge Thelton E. Henderson cited complaints about bad doctors, wretched facilities, and irresponsible management of HIV...

House Republicans on Friday said they planned to finish drafting social security reform legislation by June, a day after President Bush in a prime-time press conference challenged legislators to move forward on the issue. House Ways and Means...

US Department of Health and Human Services head Mike Leavitt announced Friday that the agency will actively enforce the little-used Born-Alive Infant Protection Act . President Bush signed the bill into law in 2002 requiring health...