John Kitzhaber
John Kitzhaber
John Albert Kitzhaberis an American politician and physician. He is the longest-serving governor in Oregon's history, as well as the only Oregon governor to resign because of a scandal. He served two terms from 1995 until 2003, another full-term from 2011 until 2015, and was sworn in for a fourth term on January 12, 2015. He resigned on February 18, 2015, with state and federal investigations into criminal allegations against him and his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes. A member of the...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth5 March 1947
CountryUnited States of America
has less to do with me than the general malaise of the Democratic Party right now.
The uninsured are the symptom of the problem.
I don't want to suggest that controlling pharmaceutical costs is the answer to what ails the U.S. health care system. It isn't.
First of all, pharmaceutical costs are the single fastest-growing part of our health care budget.
It would take an awful lot to make me believe that I could do more good for the world Logan (his 7-year-old son) will inherit with another four years as governor rather than with what I'm doing privately.
States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget.