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OHEA Legislative Kick Off December 1, 6-8pm

by Amy Fellows | Nov 11, 2014 | Act, Blog, Events, Events from selected partners

Oregon Health Equity Alliance Legislative KickOff Event Monday, December 1, 2014, from 6:00pm to 8:00pm Augustana Lutheran Church 2710 NE 14th Ave, Portland FREE RSVP Online space limited Join us as OHEA introduces our 2015 Legislative Platform to improve the...

King v. Burwell, the ACA and Oregon

by Amy Fellows | Nov 7, 2014 | Blog, Learn

Read how the Supreme Court hearing the King v. Burwell case may impact the ACA and Oregon in particular as a state that is now using the federal...

Great interview with author Dr. Atul Gawande on end of life care

by Amy Fellows | Oct 15, 2014 | Blog, Learn

Check out Dr. Atul Gawande’s new book on end of life care “Being Mortal” which discusses a Better way to die. Listen to today’s interview on Here & Now. Many case studies of how being person centric, can decrease health care...

Oregon Can Do Better on Women’s Health

by Amy Fellows | Oct 14, 2014 | Blog, Learn

The Alliance for a Just Society put out a report card that has Oregon ranked #26 in the country and receiving a grade of C in the 2014 Women’s Health Report Card. Read more about it...

Interesting radio story about Medical Costs and Debt in America

by Amy Fellows | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog, Learn

The Take Away had an interesting story today about how high medical costs, which are not transparent are impacting American’s...

Register now for the 2014 Place Matters Conference

by Amy Fellows | Oct 8, 2014 | Blog, Events, Events from selected partners

Register now for the 2014 Place Matters Conference! The Oregon Health Authority Public Health Division invites you! Join others working to create conditions and environments for tobacco free living, healthy eating, active living and taking care of ourselves....