James Blumstein
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Professor James F. Blumstein is an American legal and health scholar. He is currently one of eleven professors at Vanderbilt University
and is cited by the university as "among the nation’s most prominent scholars of health law, law and medicine, and voting rights." He has worked at the law faculty of the university since 1970. A recipient of the Earl Sutherland Prize for lifetime achievement, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences
Institute of Medicine. In 2007, he received the McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Memorial Award for Excellence in Law and Medicine from the University of Indiana.
Blumstein has been particularly active with promoting state reform and has served as Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen
’s counsel on TennCare reform and has spoken on several Supreme Court cases. In February 2011, Blumestein was part of a three-member panel at the university which consisted of himself, tort-reform advocate and lawyer Ted Frank
, and Charlie Ross, a former State Senator in Mississippi
, presenting their perspectives on how the business and people of the state would benefit from tort reform. The panelists argued that "Tennessee’s current civil justice system is both inconsistent and unsustainable" and it was argued that, based on reforms in other states, a reform in this area could result in 30,000 jobs a year or 577 jobs each week in Tennessee and significantly improve the health system.
Blumstein is the author of Health Care Law and Policy (2nd edition, Foundation Press, 1998 & 2007 supp.) (co-edited with C. Havighurst & T. Brennan).
Vanderbilt University
Vanderbilt University is a private research university located in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Founded in 1873, the university is named for shipping and rail magnate "Commodore" Cornelius Vanderbilt, who provided Vanderbilt its initial $1 million endowment despite having never been to the...
and is cited by the university as "among the nation’s most prominent scholars of health law, law and medicine, and voting rights." He has worked at the law faculty of the university since 1970. A recipient of the Earl Sutherland Prize for lifetime achievement, he was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
Institute of Medicine. In 2007, he received the McDonald-Merrill-Ketcham Memorial Award for Excellence in Law and Medicine from the University of Indiana.
Blumstein has been particularly active with promoting state reform and has served as Tennessee Governor Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen
Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen Jr. was the 48th Governor of Tennessee, serving from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County from 1991 to...
’s counsel on TennCare reform and has spoken on several Supreme Court cases. In February 2011, Blumestein was part of a three-member panel at the university which consisted of himself, tort-reform advocate and lawyer Ted Frank
Ted Frank
Theodore H. Frank is an American lawyer, legal writer and blogger, based in Washington, D.C.. He is the founder and president of the Center for Class Action Fairness , established in 2009...
, and Charlie Ross, a former State Senator in Mississippi
Mississippi
Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi...
, presenting their perspectives on how the business and people of the state would benefit from tort reform. The panelists argued that "Tennessee’s current civil justice system is both inconsistent and unsustainable" and it was argued that, based on reforms in other states, a reform in this area could result in 30,000 jobs a year or 577 jobs each week in Tennessee and significantly improve the health system.
Blumstein is the author of Health Care Law and Policy (2nd edition, Foundation Press, 1998 & 2007 supp.) (co-edited with C. Havighurst & T. Brennan).