Next Avenue – About to board a flight back to his district, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., is downright effusive, calling a health care policy that takes effect Jan. 1 “profound” and nothing short of “revolutionary.”…
Next Avenue – About to board a flight back to his district, Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., is downright effusive, calling a health care policy that takes effect Jan. 1 “profound” and nothing short of “revolutionary.”…
NY Times — It seemed like a logical idea, the congressman told me, and not a particularly radical one. American health care tends to encourage doctors to make money by ordering more tests and procedures…
The Tablet — Having a conversation about end-of-life care is awkward and difficult, but it can help in making decisions about what matters most when the time comes. That was the focus of “Journey to…
Washington Post — “I’ve changed my mind,” my 89-year-old mother announced one Sunday some months ago. “I want to be buried in my own clothes.” When she and my father had drawn up their burial…
Chicago Tribune — Nothing better defines the needed context, value and meaning of life as much as the inevitability of death. Yet we choose to collectively ignore this existential fact. Nine of 10 Americans believe…
The next WIHI broadcast — Medicare Reimbursement and Meaningful Conversations about End-of-Life Care — will take place on Thursday, November 19, from 2 to 3 PM ET, and we hope you’ll tune in. Our guests will include: Kate…