by Liz Baxter | Aug 19, 2009 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
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...
by Rick Ray | Aug 14, 2009 | Learn
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...
by Rick Ray | Aug 12, 2009 | Learn
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...
by Rick Ray | Jul 25, 2009 | Learn
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...
by Rick Ray | Jul 22, 2009 | Learn
As part of the New York Times’ Economic Scene series, David Leonhardt exposes the hidden tax in our current health care system: The United States now devotes one-sixth of its economy to medicine. Divvy that up, and health care will cost the typical household...
by Rick Ray | Jul 19, 2009 | Learn
In his blog post on Blue Oregon, Steve Novick joins President Obama and former Oregon governor John Kitzhaber in declaring that we can’t do health reform without addressing the cost of care. Here’s how he begins: As the health care battle rages on, I...
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