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Heathcare Reform in Colorado: Blue Ribbon Commission
This is not news to those that follow Colorado state policy, but just over a year ago then-Governor Bill Owens signed Senate Bill 208, which established the The Blue Ribbon Commission for Health Care Reform (aka 208 Commission). The commission’s goal is to
“study and establish health care reform models for expanding coverage, especially for the [...]
TED Talks: Allison Hunt gets a new hip in Canada.
TEDster Allison Hunt’s five-minute talk finds humor and marketing strategy in the most unlikely of places — her own hip-replacement surgery. As the world scrutinizes broken health-care systems, this particularly timely clip shows how getting to the front of a two-year waiting list can have an altruistic effect. (Recorded March 2007 in Monterey, CA. Duration: [...]
TED Talks: Alan Russell, Why can’t we grow new body parts?
A fascinating video about helping the body heal itself. Mr. Russell shows (graphic!) examples of how this is already being done, for example by re-growing an old man’s finger tip!
http://www.ted.com/talks/view/id/142
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