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 behalf of people using the Oregon Health Plan, and attended several of the health authority’s meetings with local communities.

Though the meetings have all received heavy attendance, and elicited plenty of questions, he’s concerned that the people being left out of the discussion are those who actually use the services.

Contreras said he expects more concerns to come to light once formulated plans for coordinated care organizations come to light.

“How we actually change things is the next step, and that will be more of a battle,” Contreras said.

The article can be found here.