reform efforts

Rally, Hearing for Single Payer in Salem Friday

Dissatisfied with Obamacare, single-payer advocates are taking their message to the state capital
March 7, 2011 -- Advocates for single-payer healthcare in Oregon plan to make their voices heard in Salem on Friday. Read More >>

Transformation Team Takes Draft Bill to Task

Oregon Health Authority and Governor’s office drafted a document to guide lawmakers, but some say it leaves crucial issues unaddressed
March 3, 2011--The Oregon Health Authority and leaders from Governor John Kitzhaber’s office have distilled a month’s worth of high-level conversations on healthcare transformation into a legislative concept intended to guide lawmakers taking on health reform. Read More >>

Kitzhaber Eyes Long-Term Care Waivers

Obama’s support for Wyden bill means earlier waivers in states like Oregon
March 3, 2011 -- Oregon’s first waiver request under the 2010 national health reform law could be to integrate long-term care, according to Gov. John Kitzhaber, who was at the White House when President Obama said he supported giving more flexibility to states that could do healthcare better. Read More >>

Hookah Lounge Owners Fear Bill Bad for Business

Anti-tobacco advocates cite dangers of hookah smoking and its appeal to teens, but lounge owners say they provide a safe cultural experience
March 2, 2011 – Health advocates strongly support a bill that would shutter Oregon’s hookah lounges, citing their smoking-centric atmosphere and targeted marketing to youth. Read More >>

Health Reform Expected to Shake Up Insurance Industry

Jack Friedman, CEO of Providence Health Plan, insists the waste must be driven out of the delivery system when speaking to insurance brokers
March 2, 2011 -- With healthcare reform on the horizon, the insurance industry stands at a pivotal point. Employers expect to see costs held steady, while, at the same time, more attention is focused on value-based medical care. Read More >>

Health Equity Collaborative Advocates for the Underserved

Diverse group of organizations aim to make their voices heard in Salem
February 28, 2011--The same two words that describe Oregon’s Capitol building also could describe the majority of its inhabitants: old and white. There are young upstarts and people of color in the state’s legislature, but they are few and far between.   Read More >>

Lincoln County D.A. Leads Crackdown on Prescription Drug Abuse

Rob Bovett urges the House Health Care Committee to pass legislation that would aggressively monitor use and abuse of oxycodone, hydrocodone and methadone
February 24, 2011--Prescription drug abuse is on the rise in Oregon and nationwide, and Rob Bovett wants the legislature to help curb the epidemic. Read More >>

Multiethnic Coalition Pushes Cultural Competency Bill

Senate Bill 97 would require cultural competency education for Oregon’s healthcare providers
February 23, 2011--When Stephanie Montgomery suffered a neurological seizure that left her comatose for nearly three weeks, she needed care from doctors that was not just comprehensive but compassionate in nature. She said her treatment at an Oregon hospital, however, was anything but. Read More >>

Agents at Odds With State Leaders over Insurance Exchange

They claim that the state plan excludes them, and duplicates their work
February 23, 2011 – Legislation to create a health insurance exchange is proving to be polarizing, pitting insurance producers against state agencies and small business owners against each other. Read More >>

Families Insist Willow Creek Wind Farm Exceeds Noise Standard

After losing at the Morrow Board of Commissioners, they’re appealing that decision to the Land Use Board of Appeals
February 23, 2011 -- Three families in eastern Oregon upset about the noise generated by a wind farm are taking their case to the Land Use Board of Appeals. Read More >>
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