The health care landscape is changing in America. Recent financial strain that many health systems are now experiencing has in many cases resulted in more restrictions of services covered by insurance companies, whom field many competing priorities. While the type of care offered and covered is determined by health insurance companies, these decisions are often made from financial rather than scientific considerations. Let’s not pretend that our health system is root-cause based: it is not...

Published in The Oregonian November 27, 20025 Most people rarely think about where their food comes from—the months it takes to grow or the systems that bring it to our plates. A friend’s 4-year-old once told me he thought food came from an app. It’s funny but reveals a real disconnect. Our industrialized food system makes it easy to overlook both how food is produced and how many of our neighbors lack reliable access. The recent government shutdown made that invisibility impossible to...