by Rick Ray | Feb 22, 2010 | Learn
Reporting for the Associated Press, Mike Stobbe reports on 2010 health goals. Here’s how he begins: About 10 years ago the government set some lofty health goals for the nation to reach by 2010. So how did we do? By many measures, not so hot. There are more...
by Liz Baxter | Feb 4, 2010 | Learn
[This guest editorial, by We Can Do Better executive director Liz Baxter, was published on Feb 4, 2010 in the Eugene Register-Guard.] Now that the Measure 66 and 67 campaigns are behind us, Oregonians may believe that the difficult revenue and financing decisions...
by Liz Baxter | Jan 25, 2010 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
If there was ever a month where growing the Archimedes Movement seemed more imperative I can’t think of one. In just the past week, the media has gone from “when will the congressional leadership send a bill to the President’s desk” to today...
by Liz Baxter | Jan 23, 2010 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
[This opinion piece by Archimedes Movement executive director Liz Baxter appeared in the Salem Statesman-Journal on January 23rd, 2010.] Pass or Fail, The Tax Measures Won’t End Oregon’s Woes Since the debate over Measures 66 and 67 began, there has been a...
by Rick Ray | Jan 6, 2010 | Learn
Erica Werner, writing for the Associated Press, reports on the growing costs of our health care system: The recession dramatically slowed U.S. health care spending to $2.3 trillion in 2008, but it still grew much faster than the economy as a whole, accounting for more...
by Rick Ray | Dec 30, 2009 | Learn
In his “Economic Scene” column in the New York Times, Leonard writes about the challenge of cutting health care costs while maintaining or improving quality: At the heart of the health care debate is the question of whether it’s possible to cut medical...
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