Second CO-OP to form in Oregon

by | Mar 30, 2012 | Act, Learn

Oregon will have two CO-OPs forming in Oregon, after news of federal loans awarded to Oregon’s Health CO-OP. Together with CCO’s and the Exchange, there is a lot brewing to transform how Oregonians access and purchase insurance and get better care, and...

Nature-Deficit Disorder

by | Mar 29, 2012 | Learn

Timothy Egan, who writes “on American politics and life, as seen from the West,” has a great Opinionator piece in The New York Times this week. Here’s an excerpt: Something’s amiss. A third of all American adults — check, it just went up to 35.7...

Primer for Supreme Court Oral Arguments

by | Mar 27, 2012 | Blog, Learn

For those who want to understand the different and varied legal questions argued before the Supreme Court this week, the NY Times put together a pretty good primer for taking a closer look at the constitutional questions that will be decided. It is complicated and...

Health care on pace to grab half of typical family income

by | Mar 22, 2012 | Learn

In The Oregonian, Joe Rojas-Burke reports: Health insurance for a family could cost more than the annual earnings of half of U.S. households by 2033, if premiums and wages continue at the current pace. As a result, the health system is headed toward a meltdown unless...