The Naked Economist: Why Health Care is Different
n his "The Naked Economist" column, Charles Wheelen poses the fundamental question, "Why do we need a health care system, and what should be it's guiding principles?" He says: Health care is different from all other basic needs because the costs are so unpredictable....
“Money Driven Medicine” – Video on Health Costs
“Money-Driven Medicine is one of the strongest documentaries I have seen in years and could not be more timely. The more people who see and talk about it, the more likely we are to get serious and true health care reform.” - Bill Moyers » Watch the video Money-Driven...
Krugman OpEd on Long Term Health Care Debt
In a recent New York Times column, Nobel-laureate economist Paul Krugman say not to fret about the federal debt that has seen a significant increase recently. He says, however, that failing to fix health care could be the real undoing of our economy and government: So...
Debunking Canadian Health System Myths
In an opinion piece for the Denver Post, Rhonda Hackett, a Canadian pshychologist practicing in Colorado, discusses the facts and myths of the Canadian "single payer" system. She prefers to call it "social insurance." » Check it...
A Doctor’s Voice: Medicaid For All
Archimedes Movement Community Leadership Council member Mike Grady, M.D., had the following opinion piece published today in the Oregonian: We will have health care reform by the holidays, but it won't be what we need. The $265 million spent by the health care...
The “PolicySpeak” Disaster for Health Care
In George Lakoff's Diary on the Daily Kos blog, Lakoff explains the messaging mess that is plaguing health reform. Here's an excerpt: Barack Obama ran the best-organized and best-framed presidential campaign in history. How is it possible that the same people who did...
Pulling Your Hair Out?
Here's what I know. We have not worked all these years on health reform in order for Congress to pass a bill mandating that Americans must buy health insurance from a private company, regardless of whether it is for-profit or not-for-profit. If this is the primary...
10 Steps to Better Health Care
Recently, in the New York Times, Atul Gawande was joined by three other physicians in making the case for reforming how we deliver health care so that we can improve outcomes while lowering the cost of care. As with any "10-step" program, the first step is to admit...
Montana Integrated Care Clinic Reduces Cost
PBS' Newshour has a segment that gets at the heart of health reform: improving outcomes while lowering costs: "At a clinic in Billings, Mont., doctors are employees rather than contractors paid under a fee-for-service model. President Obama has touted this kind of...
Cost and Compassion
In his New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman finally discusses some of the things that drive the high costs and low health outcomes of our current health care system: Many health care experts believe that one main reason we spend far more on health than any...
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