Joe Jarvis's blog

A Glimpse Behind the Curtain

The LA Times is reporting that Billy Tauzin, highly paid lobbyist for the pharmaceutical industry, will resign later this year.

Health Insurance Profits Are Excessive

Thanks to my colleague Dr. Don McCanne for noting the following:

Health care — a right?

A few weeks ago, James Thalman (Deseret News) reported about a poll of Utahns concerning whether health care is as much a basic community right as education (find the article

Clinton, Stents, and Health System Reform

Former President Bill Clinton's widely publicized hospital visit for stent placement happened the same day that the Wall Street Jo

Media Coverage for the Utah Healthcare Initiative

Check out Utah Policy Daily, where yesterday's blog posting here was recapped in its entirety (find it

Hospitals Fear Rising Unpaid Care

Obama's healthcare summit sets stage for end-game

I Hope You're Up To It

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

No He Can't, But Utahns Still Can

The Associated Press is reporting that Obama has all but admitted that health reform efforts in Washington will come to naught (find it h

Should profit have role in health care?

Following is an opinion piece published in the Columbia (Mo) Daily Tribune on 1/10/10 by Dr. David Fleisher, a pediatric gastroenterologist.