Joe Jarvis's blog

The Utah Healthcare Initiative: Our Proposal

BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE ISSUE: Health System Reform Health care costs are busting government budgets in the US at all levels.

A Baby and his Obesity?

Medicine Driven by Data

This article (read it here) by Lisa Rosetta may be the single most important piece of reporting on our health system in Utah this y

A girl and her lung

Please take the time to read this story, written by a little girl's parents, about the reality of serious

Healthcare is a Gift, Not a Commodity

I gave a version of this speech as a keynote at Gov. Huntsman's Summit on Health System Reform just after he first took office as Governor of Utah in 2005:

Let's do health system reform in Utah

From the Deseret News editorial page 7/13/09:

Utahns should unite for health-care reform

By Joseph Q. Jarvis

Wrong Issue, Wrong Premise, Wrong Venue

Single Payer 101

From the Chicago Tribune, first published 3/5/12:

Teachers, colleges getting early lesson in Obamacare

By Eric Zorn

Absurd: No One Should Put Up With It

From the Motley Fool:

Anatomy of the World's Most Insane Health Care Billing System

By Morgan Housel

May 14, 2013