Gov. Kitzhaber Soliciting Health Care Reform Ideas

Go to John Kitzhaber's blog on ArchimedesMovement.org. and put in your two cents. The Archimedes Movement has been holding meetups and forums all across the state of Oregon and getting input from people around the country about how we can better spend our health care dollars.

Specifically they are looking for thoughts on two areas that need to adressed: "individual responsibility" and "setting priorities."

"At every community meeting the issue of "individual responsibility" came up - the notion that individuals have a responsibility to make healthy life style choices that will reduce the likelihood that they will need the health care system. We need to give some thought to what this means in a practical sense. Does it involve financial incentives/disincentives to influence behavior; does it involve education; or does it mean that a person who smokes or makes other unhealthy choices won't get treatment?" says Dr. Kitzhaber, "And at almost every meeting people brought up the issue of limits - the reality that we cannot afford to pay for everything for everybody.  In other words, priorities must be set....   if we cannot finance everything for everyone, something will be denied to someone.  In other words, publicly financed health care will inevitably be rationed."

This is your chance to weigh in on health care.