When a Job Disappears …

Robert Pear, writing in the New York Times, reports on the personal “collateral damage” of an employer-based health care system. During a recession, the fallout multiplies. » Read the whole...

Hope, Expectations and Helping

“…nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.” 
— Barack Obama, 2008 speech in New Hampshire Across this nation and around the world people watched the election of our nation’s new president. Hope and...

5 Myths About Our Ailing Health System

Here’s a great article by Shannon Brownlee and Ezekiel Emanuel published in the Washington Post on November 23, 2008. By debunking the prevailing myths about our health care system and the cost of reform, they aim to keep health reform alive in uncertain...

The Immediate Cause of Death

In his talks, John Kitzhaber has spoken about the 9000 billing codes that doctors can choose among when they provide a service, decrying the lack of a code for prevention, or maintaining health or helping the patient make healthy lifestyle choices. The opposite...