THE MEDICAL HOME- a perspective

I remember growing up in a small community in Ohio and feeling comforted by the fact that my mom was always home to greet me after school or to pick me up to take me to my special activity. Dad was consistently home for dinner. Life was routine. I felt secure and comfortable. That’s probably what most of us feel when we think of home: a place where we are comforted, where there is some sort of stability. That place where we can close our eyes and kn… Continue

Hi members -- I have taken action to ban "Alpha Sims" from this group. Please just delete any posts she might have left on your pages. Thanks!

Amy

Please visit www.DoNoHarmPetition.org and sign our petition asking Congress to "First, Do No Harm" to our health sector!

Published in the Long Beach Press Telegram... February 13, 2009

I'm sorry for Tom Daschle. After lobbying the entire country, giving speeches to the tune of more than $5 million over several years and writing a book, Mr. Daschle, his Senate partners and the president thought that he would be "the person" to redirect the delivery of American health care. But President Obama reconsidered his nomination when it was clear that Mr. Daschle had stepped outside the "ordinarily acceptable" and the form… Continue

Has anything decent happened in health care in the past 8 years? In fact, yes! Grace-Marie Turner's new paper, "The Value of Innovation in Health Care," highlights consumer-friendly developments from HSAs to experiments in the delivery of care. You might be surprised to learn what some U.S. employers are doing to get their workers covered. Check it out for some key things we'll want to pr… Continue