Bernanke Says Rising Health Care Costs A Strain

by | Jun 16, 2008 | Learn

An AP article carried by the NY Times covered Ben Bernanke’s testimony at a summit on health care reform organized by the Senate Finance Committee on June 16, 2008, in Washington, D.C. It begins: Bolstering the performance of the health care system is one of the...

Uninsured Oregonians Flock to Emergency Rooms

by | Apr 16, 2008 | Learn

According to The Oregonian, “Cuts in the Oregon Health Plan led to ‘an abrupt and sustained increase’ in the uninsured using hospital emergency rooms, a new study reports.” From the report published in the Annals of Emergency Medicine, the...

Poll on Oregon Health Fund Board Assumptions

by | Feb 19, 2008 | Learn

We recently received the following survey results (PDF) from Chris DeMars of the Northwest Health Foundation: The Northwest Health Foundation recently commissioned a statewide poll, conducted by Davis, Hibbitts & Midghall, on various health issues to help inform...

Logic of the Health Reform Debate

by | Feb 19, 2008 | Learn

George Lakoff, Eric Haas, Glenn W. Smith and Scott Parkinson of the Rockridge Institute published a white paper in the second half of 2007 about how to frame the health care debate. Here’s their approach: Most health care reports advocate a policy, describe it,...

A Needed Speech About Health Care Rationing

by | Nov 27, 2007 | Learn

Jim Sabin, clinical professor in the departments of Ambulatory Care/Prevention and Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, filed the post below on his blog, “Health Care Organizational Ethics.” A Needed Speech about Health Care Rationing The October...