{"id":247,"date":"2015-11-10T18:34:41","date_gmt":"2015-11-11T00:34:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2025-06-23T11:43:08","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T16:43:08","slug":"laura-hermer-bibliography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/laura-hermer-bibliography\/","title":{"rendered":"Laura Hermer Bibliography"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Book Chapters<\/h2>\n<p><em>Health Care Should Be a Right<\/em>, in Laws of Medicine: Core Legal Aspects for the Healthcare Professional (Amirala S. Pasha &amp; Catherine E. London, eds., 2022).<\/p>\n<p><em>Legal, Social, and Economic Issues for Cancer Patients with Heart Disease<\/em>, Cancer and the Heart, Michael S. Ewer &amp; Edward Yeh, eds. (2<sup>nd<\/sup> ed 2013) (with William Winslade).<\/p>\n<h2>Articles<\/h2>\n<p><em>Abortion and Embodiment<\/em>, American Journal of Bioethics 1-7 (2025).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15265161.2025.2457714\">Read the Article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Municipal Anti-Abortion Ordinances: Local Control, State Power, and Civil Rights<\/em>, 32 American University Journal of Gender, Social Policy &amp; the Law 279 (2024).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/618\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Intentional Parenthood, Contingent Fetal Personhood, and the Right to Reproductive Self-Determination<\/em>, 57 University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform 259 (2024).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/586\/\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Skirting the Law: Medicaid Block Grants and Per-Capita Caps in a Pandemic<\/em>, 14 Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law &amp; Policy 537 (2021).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/506\/\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3930572\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Means and Ends of Wellness Programs<\/em>, 23 Journal of Health Care Law &amp; Policy 227 (2021).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/487\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Covid-19, Abortion, and Public Health in the Culture Wars<\/em>, 47 Mitchell Hamline Law Review (2021).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/mhlr\/vol47\/iss1\/4\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3753178\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Independence is the New Health<\/em>, 12 Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law &amp; Policy 5 (2018).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/462\/\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3401253\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Medicaid: Welfare Program of Last Resort, or Safety Net?<\/em> 44 Mitchell Hamline Law Review 1203 (2018).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/mhlr\/vol44\/iss4\/3\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>What to Expect When You\u2019re Expecting&#8230;TANF-Style Medicaid<br \/>\nWaivers<\/em>, 27 Annals of Health Law 37 (2018)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/463\/\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3208749\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>On the Expansion of &#8220;Health&#8221; and &#8220;Welfare&#8221; under Medicaid<\/em>, 9 Saint Louis University Journal of Health Law &amp; Policy 235 (2016).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/369\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2808167\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Expanding Interdisciplinary Learning Opportunities on a Shoestring through a Medical-Legal Partnership<\/em>,\u00a044 Journal of Law, Medicine, &amp; Ethics 51 (supp. 2016).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/P?h=hein.journals\/medeth44&amp;i=51\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HeinOnline<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2776584\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Challenges to the Affordable Care Act after<\/em>\u00a0King v. Burwell<em>,\u00a0<\/em>\u00a091\u00a0Mayo Clinic Proceedings\u00a0554 (2016).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mayoclinicproceedings.org\/article\/S0025-6196(16)30072-6\/pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Minnesota&#8217;s Right to Try Law<\/em>, 99 Minnesota Medicine 30 (2016).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mnmed.org\/MMA\/media\/Minnesota-Medicine-Magazine\/MEDLAW_0116.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Download the PDF<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Future of Medicaid Supplemental Payments: Can They Promote Patient-Centered Care?<\/em>, 102 Kentucky Law Journal\u00a0287 (2013-2014). With M. Lenihan.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/348\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2382585\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>On the Uneasy Relationship Between Medicaid and Charity Care<\/em>, 28 Notre Dame Journal of Law, Ethics &amp; Public Policy 165 (2014). With M. Lenihan.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/464\/\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2313147\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Aligning Incentives in Accountable Care Organizations: The Role of Medical Malpractice Reform<\/em>, 17 Journal of Health Care Law &amp; Policy 271 (2014).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/402\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2465668\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Rationalizing Home and Community-Based Services Under Medicaid<\/em>, 8 St. Louis University Journal of Health Law &amp; Policy 61 (2014).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/327\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/papers.ssrn.com\/sol3\/Papers.cfm?abstract_id=2567791\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Avoiding a &#8220;Death Panel&#8221; Redux<\/em>, 43 The Hastings Center Report 20 (2013). With N. Piemonte.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2298487\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Racial\/Ethnic Health Disparities and Ethics: The Need for a Multilevel Approach<\/em>, 21 Cambridge Quarterly of Healthcare Ethics 309 (2012). With H. Brody, J. Glenn.<\/p>\n<p><em>Federal\/State Tensions in Fulfilling Medicaid&#8217;s Purpose<\/em>, 21 Annals of Health Law 615 (2012).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/389\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access <\/a>|\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=2044832\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Professionally Responsible Malpractice Reform<\/em>, 26 Journal of General Internal Medicine 806 (2011). With H. Brody.<\/p>\n<p><em>Artificial Nutrition and Hydration: The Evolution of Ethics, Evidence, and Policy<\/em>, 26 Journal of General Internal Medicine 1053 (2011). With H. Brody, L. Scott et al.<\/p>\n<p><em>The States&#8217; Challenge to the Affordable Care Act&#8217;s Medicaid Expansion<\/em>, 33 Whittier Law Review 1 (2011).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/Page?handle=hein.journals\/whitlr33&amp;size=2&amp;id=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HeinOnline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Defensive Medicine and Health Reform: Toward an Evidence-Based Approach<\/em>, 25 Journal of General Internal Medicine 470 (2010). With H. Brody.<\/p>\n<p><em>Medicaid, Low Income Pools, and the Goals of Privatization<\/em>, 17 Georgetown Journal on Poverty Law Policy 405 (2010).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/323\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1803356\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Changes in Population Coverage by Texas Smoke-Free Ordinances: 2000-2007<\/em>, 36 American Journal of Preventative Medicine 91 (2009). With P. Gingiss, M. Boerm, P. Huang.<\/p>\n<p><em>Personal Responsibility: A Plausible Social Goal, but Not for Medicaid Reform<\/em>, 38 The Hastings Center Report 16 (2008).<\/p>\n<p><em>A Moratorium on Intersex Surgeries?: Law, Science, Identity, and Bioethics at the Crossroads<\/em>, 13 Cardozo Journal of Law &amp; Gender 255 (2007).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/340\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1803296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The Scapegoat: EMTALA and Emergency Department Overcrowding<\/em>, 14 Journal of Law and Policy 695 (2006).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/414\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Private Health Insurance in the United States: A Proposal for a More Functional System<\/em>, 6 Houston Journal of Health Law and Policy 1 (2005).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1803348\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/Page?handle=hein.journals\/hhpol6&amp;size=2&amp;id=7&amp;collection=journals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HeinOnline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Access to Health Care in Texas: A Patient-Centered Perspective<\/em>, 35 Texas Tech Law Review 33 (2004). With W. Winslade.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/417\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1823426\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Midwifery: Strategies on the Road to Universal Legalization<\/em>, 13 Health Matrix: Journal of Law-Medicine 325 (2003).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/344\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access<\/a> |\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ssrn.com\/abstract=1815543\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SSRN<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Paradigms Revised: Intersex Children, Bioethics and the Law<\/em>, 11 Annals of Health Law 195 (2002).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/Page?handle=hein.journals\/anohl11&amp;size=2&amp;id=209\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">HeinOnline<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Municipal Home Rule in New York: Tobacco Control at the Local Level<\/em>, 65 Brooklyn Law Review 321 (1999).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/open.mitchellhamline.edu\/facsch\/394\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mitchell Hamline Open Access\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Other Publications<\/h2>\n<p><em>Texas\u2019s Latest Anti-Abortion Bill Should Alarm Anyone Who Cares About Rule of Law<\/em>, Austin American-Statesmen (May 19, 2025)<\/p>\n<p><em>Section 1115 Medicaid Waivers For Health-Related Social Needs: A Problematic Tool<\/em>, Health Affairs Forefront (August 1, 2023).<\/p>\n<p class=\"headline\"><em>Offer Transgender People Support, Not Bullying<\/em>, St Louis Post-Dispatch (May 8, 2023)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.stltoday.com\/opinion\/columnists\/hermer-offer-transgender-people-support-not-bullying\/article_c7886fc2-ed96-11ed-9be7-c391823879e2.html\">St. Louis Post-Dispatch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"a-entry-title\"><em>Sex, Abortion, and HF91<\/em>, MinnPost (March 8, 2023).<em><br \/>\n<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/community-voices\/2023\/03\/sex-abortion-and-hf91\/\">MinnPost<\/a><em><br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Minnesota Should Strengthen Its Protection for Reproductive Liberty<\/em>, Bench &amp; Bar of Minnesota, Nov. 2022, at 30.<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.idm.oclc.org\/login?url=https:\/\/heinonline.org\/HOL\/P?h=hein.barjournals\/benchnbar0079&amp;i=456\">HeinOnline<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-headline\"><em>Pregnant People Have Rights. Products of Conception Don&#8217;t<\/em>, StarTribune (May 4, 2022).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/pregnant-people-have-rights-products-of-conception-dont\/600170541\/\">StarTribune<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>A \u2018Pro-child\u2019 Solution to the Abortion Debate<\/em>, MinnPost (February 23, 2022).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.minnpost.com\/community-voices\/2022\/02\/a-pro-child-solution-to-the-abortion-debate\/\">MinnPost<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Money For Nothing: The Biden Administration Seeks To Overturn Section 1115 Demonstration Safeguards<\/em>, Health Affairs (August 3, 2021).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.healthaffairs.org\/do\/10.1377\/hblog20210727.407092\/full\/\">Health Affairs<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Counterpoint: Sponsors of Medical Assistance Work Requirement Bill in Minnesota Twist Its Impact<\/em>, StarTribune (April 2, 2018).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/sponsors-of-medical-assistance-work-requirement-bill-in-minnesota-twist-its-impact\/478575243\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Star Tribune<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Seema Verma\u2019s Medicaid Overhaul Should Not Be the National Model,\u00a0<\/em>STAT News (February 15, 2017).<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2017\/02\/15\/verma-misguided-vision-medicaid\/?s_campaign=tw&amp;utm_content=buffer428a4&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">STAT News<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Protect Minnesota&#8217;s Strong, Proud History of Health Coverage,\u00a0<\/em>StarTribune (January 13, 2017).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.startribune.com\/protect-minnesota-s-strong-proud-history-of-health-coverage\/410691415\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">StarTribune<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Book Chapters Health Care Should Be a Right, in Laws of Medicine: Core Legal Aspects for the Healthcare Professional (Amirala S. Pasha &amp; Catherine E. London, eds., 2022). Legal, Social, and Economic Issues for Cancer Patients with Heart Disease, Cancer and the Heart, Michael S. Ewer &amp; Edward Yeh, eds. (2nd ed 2013) (with William &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/laura-hermer-bibliography\/\" class=\"more-link\">Laura Hermer Bibliography<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":{"0":"post-247","1":"page","2":"type-page","3":"status-publish","5":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mitchellhamline.edu\/biographies\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}