by Rick Ray | Apr 15, 2009 | Learn
This article addressing how we approach end-of-life care appeared last year in the New York Times. It’s one of those makes-you-think articles, and it includes some nifty graphs. Here’s how it begins: Not long ago Dr. Joanne Lynn, a geriatrician who pulls...
by Rick Ray | Apr 8, 2009 | Learn
In an editorial publlished on April 6th, 2009, the New York Times makes the case that a public insurance plan option be included in national health reform. You can also find the editorial online. A Public Plan for Health Insurance? President Obama has rightly called...
by Rick Ray | Mar 13, 2009 | Learn
The Business Roundtable, which represents large US companies, has issued a report highlighting the competitive disadvantage that our health system places on US companies in the global marketplace. Writing for the Associated Press, Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar reports: If...
by Rick Ray | Mar 4, 2009 | Learn
Archimedes Movement Community Leadership Council member Jason Gingerich passed along this link to a story on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered. Jason wrote, “The highlight is that the Obama administration sees the need for reform of the...
by Rick Ray | Mar 2, 2009 | Learn
The Commonwealth Fund created a commission to make recommendations for a high performance health system for the United States. Here’s the summary: This report from the Commonwealth Fund Commission on a High Performance Health System offers recommendations for a...
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