‘Healthcare’ Archives
Swiss Health Care Thrives Without Public Option »
The baseline goal of health care reform is to provide quality care to the maximum number of people at an affordable cost. Seems obvious, but in the endless debate about public versus private, death panels, the heavy hand of government or rapacious health insurance companies that basic goal vanishes into verbiage. To this end, this article [...]
‘End of Life’ Care That Works »
Choice works. Just ask La Crosse, WI. The folks there deserve credit for more than their famous boots, they have also pioneered 'end of life' care that works at the Gundersen Lutheran Health System; it preserves choice and dignity. And it also happens to be less expensive. From the Washington Post: La Crosse became a pioneer in [...]
The Way We Die Now »
Timothy Egan's article about Gov. John Kitzhaber and his family is touching and well written. The article intertwines two narratives, death with dignity, and universal healthcare. The implication is that the two are somehow linked, but are they really? Can't we have dignified death without state control of healthcare? Gov. [...]
Wouldn’t this be NICE? »
As proposed in HR3200 we would have a Health Choices Administration, described this way by U.S. News; Congress proposes a new, independent federal agency called the Health Choices Administration, whose commissioner would create standards for insurance that you and some 285 million Americans (15 million would still not be covered) would be [...]
Is “end of life care” pro end of life? »
End of life care is the subject at the heart of the notorious comments made by she that shall not be named (the original facebook post can be found here). Though she does not refer to it, it is alleged in the media that she was referring to HR3200's section 1233, Advanced Care Planning Consultation. The reading of the bills is quite [...]
