State Based Reform

Doctors Named Joe Agree

Dr. Joe Cramer and Dr. Joe Jarvis both have "that sickening feeling right before something really bad occurs", which in this case is Congressional health reform. Dr.

What's it going to cost me?

This question is the first sentence of an Associated Press article about the recently passed health legislation (find it here). Excerpts:

Sen. Hatch and Medicaid

The Salt Lake Tribune ran a story a day or so ago about Sen.

Democrats Slam Brakes on Health Reform

Give health reform to states

This title of a Deseret News editorial (find it here) doesn't quite cover the c

Keep the Government out of Health Care

An article in the Salt Lake Tribune (November 1, 2009) states that the Congressional Senate health care reform bill contains an amendment that allows the states to implement reforms.

Location, Location, Location

A new Commonwealth Fund study documents that in health care, just as in real estate, it is location that matters most, as in location within a state.

What Real Medicare Reform Would Be

Dr. Rita Redberg, a cardiologist and editor of the Archives of Internal Medicine, has described the formidable problems in Medicare which demand serious reform (not political posturing).

I Hope You're Up To It

This exchange in the Deseret News Opinion Section on Sunday February 7, 2010 is worthy of comment: