Woman shares family’s stories as she advocates for health care bill
On January 28th, The Oregonian published a story on our own Liz Baxter. Ryan Kost's story begins: There's a framed family photograph beside Liz Baxter's door that she has been meaning to hang for months. More than three dozen people pose in front of a white camper van...
OHPB sends CCO implementation proposal to Oregon Legislature
Here's the press release from Oregon Health Authority: Jan. 24, 2012 Media Contact: Patty Wentz, OHA Director of Communications, Bb: 503-932-6243, Patty.Wentz@state.or.us Today, the Oregon Health Policy Board voted to send the implementation proposal for coordinated...
Health care reform is working in Oregon
In an opinion piece for the Salem Statesman-Journal, Chris DeMars of the Northwest Health Foundation writes: In Oregon, we know what works for us — especially when it comes to our health. That's why no matter what's happening — or not happening — on the national...
What We Give Up for Health Care
In an opinion piece for The New York Times, Ezekiel J. Emanuel writes: WHEN it comes to health care, most liberals are committed above all to ensuring that every American has insurance. In their view, the greatest achievement of the health care reform act passed under...
Health, Care, Reform and You: Our Thoughts upon Entering a New Year
As we end our sixth year, reflection on the past year is a common thing to do. For us, it is the time when our policy committee – the Community Leadership Council (CLC) – reviews what happened this year, and what they want us to focus on in the coming year. We landed...
Where Does Oregon Rank in Health Outcomes?
Depending on the specifics being discussed it can sound like Oregon is way out in front or lagging terribly behind. Sometimes it's because we're being innovative, and sometimes it's a reflection of the level of data that is available to measure changes in real time....
Health Care for a Changing Workforce
I joined the Freelancers Union when it first started. At the time I was a consultant, working as a sole proprietor and so were my neighbors on all sides. Now they are applying to start a federal CO-OP in several states, including Oregon. Read about their founder, and...
Polls on Reform, Role of Government and End of Life Care
As the election season gets into higher gears, polls are going to used to tell us what people think, and to influence us about what we should therefore think. Our Community Leadership Council has been asking whether priorities need to shift in the coming year, and...
Materials from November 11th Conference
A couple of our presenters have shared slides with us from the conference: Katrina Kahl: Q Corp and Providence presentation Renee Hackenmiller-Paradis: Environmental Health - Intersection with Reform And we had an amazing visual note-taker who spent the day in/out of...
Daily Astorian Reports on CCO Community Meeting
Nice summary of what folks in Astoria think about the discussion of creating Coordinated Care Organizations. Our colleague Onofre Contreras is quoted at the end of the article: Onofre Contreras is an organizer for the Oregon Health Action Campaign, which advocates on...
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