by Rick Ray | Dec 13, 2009 | Learn
Atul Gawande, the M.D. who has been writing so brilliantly about our health crisis, has done it again. Writing for the New Yorker, Gawande addresses the current reform bills being debated in our nation’s Capitol. Here’s the beginning of his article:...
by Rick Ray | Dec 13, 2009 | Learn
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...
by Rick Ray | Dec 9, 2009 | Learn
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...
by Rick Ray | Dec 6, 2009 | Learn
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?...
by Rick Ray | Dec 4, 2009 | Learn
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...
by Liz Baxter | Nov 17, 2009 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
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...
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