by Hillary Regan | Jul 14, 2015 | Blog, Learn
Portland Congressman Earl Blumenauer won a big victory this week when Medicare officials said they plan to reimburse doctors for talking with seniors about their wishes for end-of-life care. The Democratic lawmaker first brought this concept to Congress and was...
by Liz Baxter | Nov 30, 2011 | Blog, Learn
As the election season gets into higher gears, polls are going to used to tell us what people think, and to influence us about what we should therefore think. Our Community Leadership Council has been asking whether priorities need to shift in the coming year, and...
by Liz Baxter | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, Learn
Jane Gross, in her piece for the October 15th New York Times, stated eloquently what we at Archimedes/We Can Do Better have been saying for almost six years – Medicare in its current structure needs more than “saving” – it needs transformation...
by Rick Ray | Aug 13, 2010 | Learn
From NPR’s Fresh Air with Terry Gross: Dr. Atul Gawande began researching hospice and end-of-life care options because he says he didn’t know how to broach the subject of death with his terminally ill patients. The surgeon and New Yorker staff writer...
by Rick Ray | Nov 14, 2009 | Learn
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...
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