Strategy and Actions

I hope you are all enjoying the Oregon summer, now that it has finally arrived. I want to begin by thanking everyone who attended our first annual Archimedes Movement Membership Conference at Lewis and Clark College on June 14th.   
 
As you know, our movement is...

BlueCross Rates Soar 26 Percent

Today’s Oregonian has a story by Bill Graves about the continued dramatic rise in health insurance premiums. It begins: A 26 percent rate increase by Oregon’s largest health insurer underscores the need to overhaul the state’s health system and bring...

Most Doctors Are Not Using Electronic Health Records

An article in today’s NY Times points out that when it comes to electronic health records we have far to go despite the benefits. Here’s an excerpt: A government-sponsored survey of the use of computerized patient records by doctors points to two seemingly...

Why Americans are No Longer the Tallest

NaturalNews.com has an interesting article on average height as an indicator of overall population health. I had assumed humans had continually gotten taller over time, but that is not the case. The main takeaway is that it appears that trends in height for a certain...

Bernanke Says Rising Health Care Costs A Strain

An AP article carried by the NY Times covered Ben Bernanke’s testimony at a summit on health care reform organized by the Senate Finance Committee on June 16, 2008, in Washington, D.C. It begins: Bolstering the performance of the health care system is one of the...