Health Reform: would this work?  By Jim Holman of Gresham,
Oregon. For 21 years, Jim worked as a hospital data analyst -
most recently at OHSU.  There are a number of problems health
insurance in the U.S., even for those with insurance or those
who can afford insurance. If you change jobs you might not be
able to go to your primary physician any more if the new job has
a different health plan If you’re self-employed you might not be
able to purchase health insurance because it’s too expensive. If
you work for a company that doesn’t offer a health benefit then
you’re also out of luck. Many people with existing health
problems can’t purchase private health insurance even if then
can afford it.  Specific health insurance reform is difficult
even to talk about. Many proposals for health insurance reform
are met with a charge of “socialized medicine,” an accusation
which in itself can be fatal to the proposal. But “private”
approaches to health insurance reform are often little more than
new ways to distribute the