The Changes We Need

Renewed energy and enthusiasm are not enough for health care reform. We need a paradigm shift.These are, as the Chinese curse reputedly called them, interesting times. If the burst of new Democratic health care reform proposals is any indication, the fresh breeze of the Obama campaign’s "Yes We Can" optimism is blowing across the nation. […]

Smoke-Free America

Creating tobacco free campusesIn health care, it can sometimes feel like we’re just spinning our wheels — examples of progress appear few and far between and getting ahead of the disease curve seems just out of reach. But when a ray of hope comes shooting through the clouds, it’s often because good science has met […]

President-Elect Obama, Change and Positive Leadership

Good reason to hope Yesterday, a former colleague and fellow child of the 60’s asked me to participate on a HHS consensus group exploring caregiving. I responded, "For many of us who were involved in the 60’s, and saw our worst fears realized in the loss of our great leaders, the war and the terrible […]

Post-Election Healthcare Reform

Armageddon or brave new world? With the economy in a tailspin and the federal government experiencing a record national debt (about $47,000 owed for every American), Draconian changes in healthcare are on the horizon. The twenty-two months of political campaigning and advertizing have really not given us much insight as to how the presidential candidates will […]

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