US on Short End of ‘Value Gap’

The Business Roundtable, which represents large US companies, has issued a report highlighting the competitive disadvantage that our health system places on US companies in the global marketplace. Writing for the Associated Press, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar reports: If...

Common Ground Ahead of Health Care Forum

Archimedes Movement Community Leadership Council member Jason Gingerich passed along this link to a story on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. Jason wrote, “The highlight is that the Obama administration sees the need for reform of the...

Path to a High Performance Health System

The Commonwealth Fund created a commission to make recommendations for a high performance health system for the United States. Here’s the summary: This report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System offers recommendations for a...

No Lunch Left Behind

In an op-ed piece for the New York Times, Alice Waters and Katrina Herron write about what it would take to make our National School Lunch Program successful. The Archimedes Movement is all about health. If we are to improve the overall health of our population, which...