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Plural Constitutionalism and the Pathologies of American Health Care

Theodore W. Ruger

I. America’s Two Health Care Constitutions The United States has two health care constitutions, and the old is the enemy of the new. The recently enacted Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is the latest step in the federal government’s incremental efforts over the past half cent…