How Many of You Expect to Die?

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...

A Public Plan for Health Insurance

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...

US on Short End of ‘Value Gap’

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...

Common Ground Ahead of Health Care Forum

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...

Path to a High Performance Health System

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...