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Let’s Talk About Greed

OPINION: November 3, 2011 -- All things else being equal, if I have a choice between having more money or less, I’ll take more every time. Read More >>

Oregon Delegation Joins Congressional Assault on Clean Air Act

Senator Ron Wyden has co-sponsored Senate Bill 1392, which is aimed at delaying compliance with emissions from industrial boilers
OPINION, October 24, 2011 -- Since taking over leadership, Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have orchestrated a devastating series of attacks on the Clean Air Act and the federal agency charged with implementing it, the US Environmental Protection Agency. Read More >>

The Lund Report Needs Your Support to Reach its Challenge Grant

We still need to raise another $7,500 to meet the $10,000 challenge grant offered by Northwest Health Foundation
October 20, 2011 – Many of you already responded to our challenge grant from Northwest Health Foundation by making a donation to The Lund Report. For that, I am very appreciative. Read More >>

Questions About Coordinated Care Organizations Exist

But the state has thoughtful and competent leaders in Dr. Bruce Goldberg and Mike Bonetto
OPINION: October 20, 2011 – Eleven of my Linfield Health Sciences and Public Health students participated in the community forum in Portland on transforming Oregon’s healthcare system. Read More >>

Uncontrolled Healthcare Costs Threaten to Derail the System

Author feels that Oregon needs to look beyond the delivery and quality of healthcare
October 12, 2011 -- Almost everyone agrees that our "healthcare system" is spiraling out of control. One recent study reports that in 2011 the national average family health insurance premium is $15,073, having doubled in ten years (and risen 9% in one year). [Reed Abelson, N.Y.Times, Sept 28, 2011 reporting on a Kaiser Family Foundation study.] Read More >>

Era of Contraction (like termination) Begins Slowly

The tribes have time to find new resources, according to this commentator
OPINION September 19, 2011 – It’s nearly impossible to know with certainty when a new political era has begun. Read More >>

Electronic Health Records Connect a Fragmented System

Kaiser Permanente believes electronic medical records are vital to manage chronic diseases
August 31, 2011 -- When Cindy Starnes was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes, she was scared and nervous about the future. Read More >>

Insurers View Medicaid as a Growing and Lucrative Market

A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research indicates that moving people into managed care did not reduce Medicaid spending
August 31, 2011 -- Kaiser Health News’ Chris Weaver has an excellent story in yesterday’s Washington Post on what insurers view as a growing and lucrative market: Medicaid. Read More >>

Government Stuck Riding the Rails on Affordable Care Act

Commenting on the decision by the federal appeals court to strike down the individual mandate, Mark Trahant calls this a hell of a way to run a country
OPINION -- August 17, 2011 -- Last week a federal appeals court ruled at least one major provision of the the Affordable Care Act is unconstitutional. Read More >>

Anti-Fluoride Press Release Draws Ire from Readers

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OPINION August 11, 2011 – A number of our readers have raised concerns about the press releases published by The Lund Report that call into question the effectiveness of water fluoridation. Read More >>
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