Nature-Deficit Disorder

by | Mar 29, 2012 | Learn

Timothy Egan, who writes “on American politics and life, as seen from the West,” has a great Opinionator piece in The New York Times this week. Here’s an excerpt: Something’s amiss. A third of all American adults — check, it just went up to 35.7...

Health care on pace to grab half of typical family income

by | Mar 22, 2012 | Learn

In The Oregonian, Joe Rojas-Burke reports: Health insurance for a family could cost more than the annual earnings of half of U.S. households by 2033, if premiums and wages continue at the current pace. As a result, the health system is headed toward a meltdown unless...

Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) update

by | Mar 6, 2012 | Act, Learn

This is just in from the Oregon Health Authority: On March 2, 2012, Governor Kitzhaber signed SB 1580, which will launch Coordinated Care Organizations to better serve Oregon Health Plan members with a focus on improved health. New information is now available that...

Why an MRI costs $1,080 in America and $280 in France

by | Mar 5, 2012 | Learn

Ezra Klein, in his WONKBLOG at The Washington Post, writes: There is a simple reason health care in the United States costs more than it does anywhere else: The prices are higher. That may sound obvious. But it is, in fact, key to understanding one of the most...