Growing OpenNotes in Oregon and beyond

by | Dec 23, 2015 | Blog, Learn

We Can Do Better is excited to announce we received grant support from the Oregon Health Authority’s Office of Health IT to further spread the work of the Northwest OpenNotes Consortium in Oregon with the goal of more engaged, healthier Oregonians. This funding...

How High Is America’s Health Care Cost Burden?

by | Nov 20, 2015 | Blog, Learn

Findings from the Commonwealth Fund Health Care Affordability Tracking Survey, July–August 2015 One-quarter of privately insured working-age adults have high health care cost burdens relative to their incomes in 2015, according to the Commonwealth Fund Health Care...

5 things you need to do when buying health insurance

by | Nov 10, 2015 | Blog, Learn

In June the state approved significant hikes for the more than 240,000 Oregonians who buy their own policies and are not on Medicare. Open enrollment for people buying their own polices started Nov. 1. Consumers have until the end of December to get a new 2016 plan in...