Joe Jarvis's blog

The Irrational Fear of Rationing

Organisation for Economic Development and Co-operation (OECD)
February 2013
OECD Health Policy Studies
Waiting Times in the Health Sector
What Works?

Who Is Going To Pay?

Kirsten Stewart, health reporter for the Salt Lake Tribune, has published two articles recently covering the extraordinary costs associated with the American health care business model.

Fifty Years of Failing America's Mentally Ill

Wall Street Journal 2/5/13
by E. Fuller Torrey

American Health Care Costs Driven By High Prices

Two articles from the Deseret News recently illustrate the price problem in American health care:

Essentials of Health System Reform

It's about patient care. . .we actually must care first about patients.

Avenue H "Not Robust"

For those not yet in the know, Avenue H is the hyping name for the on-line health exchange for insurance founded in Utah a few years ago.