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
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First of all, pharmaceutical costs are the single fastest-growing part of our health care budget.
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.
States, virtually all of them, have a constitutional requirement to operate on a balanced budget.