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...
by Rick Ray | Feb 20, 2009 | Learn
In an op-ed piece for the New York Times, Alice Waters and Katrina Herron write about what it would take to make our National School Lunch Program successful. The Archimedes Movement is all about health. If we are to improve the overall health of our population, which...
by John Kitzhaber | Feb 2, 2009 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
[Over 2200 individuals and nearly 50 organizations signed-on to this letter from Gov. Kitzhaber. The letter was received by President Obama on February 4th, 2009. Below the letter is a list of the organizations that co-signed this letter.] Dear President Obama, It is...
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