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Supreme Court Slashes Remedies for Victims of Health Care Discrimination
On April 28, the Supreme Court ruled in Cummings v. Premier Rehab Health that victims of discrimination by federal funding recipients may not seek emotional distress damages. In this column, Joseph Wardenski and Katie Keith, director of the O’Neill Institute’s Health Policy and the Law Initiative, explain the consequences of the Court’s decision and how Congress can fix it.