by Liz Baxter | Dec 2, 2011 | Blog, Learn
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...
by Liz Baxter | Nov 30, 2011 | Blog, Learn
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...
by Liz Baxter | Nov 21, 2011 | Learn, We Can Do Better - News
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...
by Liz Baxter | Oct 26, 2011 | Blog, Learn
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...
by Liz Baxter | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, Learn
Jane Gross, in her piece for the October 15th New York Times, stated eloquently what we at Archimedes/We Can Do Better have been saying for almost six years – Medicare in its current structure needs more than “saving” – it needs transformation...
by Onofre Contreras | Oct 21, 2011 | Blog, Learn
As we talk about the nexus between Medicaid and the Insurance Exchange there are a number of issues that rise up. This report from Public Consulting Group, discusses issues in Nevada and its Department of Health and Human Services, but it outlines many of the issues...
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