by Liz Baxter | Mar 17, 2012 | Blog, Learn
The results of a longitudinal study published this week in the British Medical Journal reports that a third of older adults in England have difficulties reading and understanding basic health related written information and this poorer understanding is associated with...
by Liz Baxter | Mar 15, 2012 | Blog, Learn
In the March 15th New York Times, Pauline Chen, MD wrote about the challenge of getting doctors to begin thinking about what health care costs. She mentions a nonprofit that focuses on teaching medical students and doctors in training about the cost of care –...
by Liz Baxter | Mar 15, 2012 | Act, Blog, Learn
The governor’s office issued a press release this week, calling for nominations to be appointed to serve on the Oregon Essential health Benefits Workgroup. This group will be jointly chartered by the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Board and the Oregon Health...
by Liz Baxter | Mar 15, 2012 | Blog, Learn
Do you wish you had a good context for the oral arguments that are coming up this month about the individual mandate and the health reform law passed by Congress in 2010? A lot of articles will appear in the coming weeks, but this one from the Kaiser Family...
by Liz Baxter | Mar 15, 2012 | Blog, Learn
Our colleagues at the Lund Report published an article about Oregon Legislators using funds from the Tobacco Use Reduction Account to offset a portion of Oregon’s budget deficit. This Account funds the state’s Tobacco Prevention and Education Program,...
by Rick Ray | 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...
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