A term describing the cultivation and usage of marijuana for its medicinal value. Medical marijuana is taken by patients for its therapeutic effects in alleviating pain, nausea, and to increase appetite. In California, for example, under the Medicinal...
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Medicare
Medicare was enacted in 1965 as one of President Lyndon B. Johnson's Great Society programs. The current version of Medicare can be found at 42 U.S.C. § 1395 et seq. The Medicare system was originally administered by the Social Security...
Medicare tax
The Medicare tax is a U.S. payroll tax that funds the U.S. government’s Medicare program. Medicare tax is one of two categories under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (see FICA Tax), the other being social security tax. In 2020, the contribution...
mental health
Mental health and the law interact in numerous ways. The term "competence" signifies a legal conclusion that an individual is capable of entering into a binding contract, transferring assets, or participating in a legal proceeding. The...
mercy killing
Mercy killing is the active administration of euthanasia, with the intent of ending a patient’s life in a single act, as the Montana Supreme Court described in Baxter v. Montana. Mercy killing does not involve the consent of the patients; nor...
noncompete
A noncompete, also called a noncompetition agreement or a covenant not to compete, is an agreement where one party promises not to engage in conduct that would increase competition for the other party for a specific period of time. This...
noncompetition agreement
A noncompetition agreement, also called a noncompete or a covenant not to compete, is an agreement where one party promises not to engage in conduct that would increase competition for the other party for a specific period of time. This...
Office of the Inspector General
The Office of the Inspector General (OIG) was created in 1976 to combat waste, fraud, and abuse and improve the efficacy of Medicare, Medicaid, and over 100 other Department of Health and Human Services programs. Visit the Office of the...
Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003
The Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act of 2003 is a federal statute, 18 U.S.C. § 1531, that bans partial-birth abortion, also referred to as intact dilation and extraction, to terminate a pregnancy. In passing the statute, Congress found that “[a...
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) (also known as the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or “Obamacare”) was a major piece of healthcare legislation that intended to decrease the costs of healthcare and increase access to lower...