Is Big Food keeping its promise to kids?
Evaluating Industry Self-Regulation of Food Marketing to Children This first ever study of its kind examines whether major food and beverage companies are meeting their pledges to advertise healthier products to kids. Read about it here....
New collection of research on healthy school environments
Apart from their homes, most children spend more time at school than any other place. A growing body of research shows that healthier school meals and snacks can help improve kids’ diets and may help reduce obesity, while increased physical activity for students...
Building a Culture of Health: The Value Proposition of Retail Clinics
With convenient weekend and after-hours care, retail clinics have the potential to expand access to basic primary care and help address some non-clinical needs underlying the social determinants of health. Read more about it...
SAVE THE DATE! 7th Annual Conference: Connecting the Dots for a Healthier Oregon – Oct 1, 2015 @ the Portland Art Museum
For more information, please see our conference page here.
McAllen, Texas: Tailored Solutions to High Spending Are Needed
In a New Yorker article this week, Atul Gawande revisits McAllen, Texas. In 2009, Gawande pointed out that Medicare spent about $7,000 more per person annually than the national average in McAllen, sparking a flurry of activity to figure out what was behind the high...
Taking Stock of the ACA at Five Years
Just over five years ago, the Affordable Care Act was signed into law. While it is too soon to fully assess the law’s effects, a Health Policy Report in the New England Journal of Medicine by The Commonwealth Fund’s David Blumenthal, M.D., Melinda Abrams, and Rachel...
Medicare: 50 Years of Ensuring Coverage and Care
As we approach the 50th anniversary of Medicare this summer, The Commonwealth Fund is launching a new series of publications to assess its historic accomplishments, examine its most pressing challenges, and explore options for strengthening and improving the program...
Here’s which health insurers lost or gained market share in Oregon this year
The numbers are in: It appears that Oregon consumers were fairly price sensitive when it came to choosing health plans this year. Read more about it...
Drug cost mystery: older multiple sclerosis medicines skyrocket despite competition
A group of Oregon researchers have issued what amounts to an indictment of pharmaceutical industry pricing, with a new study showing that people with multiple sclerosis have been hit with skyrocketing bills for medicines introduced long ago. Read more about it...
Legislature 2015: Here are the health bills that are alive and kicking and others that croaked
Read about them here.
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