My Mom’s Story

On September 30, 2008, Liz Baxter testified before the Oregon Health Fund Board. The Archimedes Movement’s comments were delivered by David Pollack, representing our Community Leadership Council. That left Liz free to tell this story as a way of emphasizing that...

Powerful Forces Afoot

Today, powerful and unprecedented forces are driving the U.S. health care system. These undeniable demographic, economic and technological forces have put enormous pressure on the way medicine has been practiced over the last 50 years and have disrupted traditional...

ER Patients Often Left Confused

In the New York Times today, Laurie Tarkan reports on a new study published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine. Here’s an excerpt: A vast majority of emergency room patients are discharged without understanding the treatment they received or how to care for...