Archimedes Movement Blog

Remarks: August 10 Oregon Health Policy Board Meeting

August 10, 2010

To:  Members of the Oregon Health Policy Board

      cc: Governor Kulongoski; members of the Oregon Legislature

Re:  The Health Insurance Exchange and Publicly Owned Health Plan

From: Liz Baxter, Executive Director on behalf of the Community Leadership Council

Dr. Atul Gawande: Make End Of Life More Humane

From NPR's Fresh Air with Terry Gross:

Dr. Atul Gawande began researching hospice and end-of-life care options because he says he didn't know how to broach the subject of death with his terminally ill patients.

Obesity Rates Keep Rising, Troubling Health Officials

From the New York Times:

A Poor Nation, With a Health Plan

A Poor Nation, With a Health Plan

From the New York Times:

Eat an Apple (Doctor’s Orders)

Eat an Apple (Doctor’s Orders)