Five Biggest Health Reform Myths
Claims about a government takeover, rationing largely unfounded In her Vital Signs column for Marketwatch, Kristen Gerencher writes: "As the clock ticks toward what could be final congressional approval of the most sweeping health-reform legislation in more than 40...
Again, US Tops World in Health Care Spending
Total health expenditure per capita, public and private, 2007 The AP reports on a new study from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, an international an international organization of 30 countries, including the U.S., that accept the principles...
Cancer From The Kitchen?
Today in the New York Times, columnist Nicholas D. Kristof discusses rising cancer rates: The battle over health care focuses on access to insurance, or tempests like the one that erupted over new mammogram guidelines. But what about broader public health challenges?...
Reform or Else
In his New York Tiimes column today, Paul Krugman points out the imperative in health reform: Health care reform hangs in the balance. Its fate rests with a handful of “centrist” senators — senators who claim to be mainly worried about whether the proposed legislation...
Really? 2009 Is Almost Done?
This has been a big year for the Archimedes Movement. When the year began we were advocating for Oregon legislation that would align with our principles, such as fairness, equity, inclusion, and all the others. Working with partners and allies, our efforts resulted in...
My Near Death Panel Experience
Oregon congressman Earl Blumenauer wrote this op-ed for the New York Times. It was published on November 14, 2009: I DIDN’T mean to kill Grandma. I didn’t even mean to create death panels. But now that I and my fellow lawmakers in the House have passed a health care...
Rationing in Abundance
In an L.A. Times editorial, Doyle McManus points out two ways in which rationing occurs now: First, we ration health insurance. We make affordable insurance available to some people but not to others. Second, our insurers -- insurance companies or the government, if...
Momentum Builds: Call for Fundamental Reform
In his column in today's New York Times, David Brooks calls for fundamental health reform, writing: "The longer the health care debate goes on, the more I become convinced that the American system needs fundamental reform. We need to transition away from a...
The Way We Die Now
In his September 23rd New York Times column, Pacific Northwest resident Timothy Egan writes about end-of-life decisions made by John Kitzhaber's mother: PORTLAND, Ore. —– In the last days of her life, Annabel Kitzhaber had a decision to make: she could be the...
Big Food vs Big Insurance
Jounalist and college professor Michael Pollan contributed a hugely important bit of writing to the health reform debate on September 9th. His New York Times Op-Ed, "Big Food vs. Big Insurance," eloquently lays out why this national discussion needs to be about...
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