by Rick Ray | Oct 11, 2009 | Learn
In an L.A. Times editorial, Doyle McManus points out two ways in which rationing occurs now: First, we ration health insurance. We make affordable insurance available to some people but not to others. Second, our insurers — insurance companies or the government,...
by Rick Ray | Oct 9, 2009 | Learn
In his column in today’s New York Times, David Brooks calls for fundamental health reform, writing: “The longer the health care debate goes on, the more I become convinced that the American system needs fundamental reform. We need to transition away from a...
by Rick Ray | Sep 29, 2009 | Learn
In his September 23rd New York Times column, Pacific Northwest resident Timothy Egan writes about end-of-life decisions made by John Kitzhaber’s mother: PORTLAND, Ore. —– In the last days of her life, Annabel Kitzhaber had a decision to make: she could be the...
by Rick Ray | Sep 28, 2009 | Learn
Jounalist and college professor Michael Pollan contributed a hugely important bit of writing to the health reform debate on September 9th. His New York Times Op-Ed, “Big Food vs. Big Insurance,” eloquently lays out why this national discussion needs to be...
by Rick Ray | Sep 28, 2009 | Learn
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...
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