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A Bipartisan Meeting on Health Reform

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Wed, 02/24/2010 - 11:24am

This meeting will be streamed live at WhiteHouse.gov/live. 

Here's our chance to see if they can forge a way to work together on our behalf.

Start Date and Time: 
Thu, 02/25/2010 - 7:00am

Compare House, Senate and Pres. Obama Proposals

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Mon, 02/22/2010 - 8:24pm

The Kaiser Family Foundation just posted the side-by-side comparison now updated with the White House proposal in preparation for Thursday's meeting. It is in landscape and pencils out at 33 pages so don't print it unless you really have to! You can also watch the proceedings on Thursday, February 25th live. When the details are made public we will post it on our events page. 

National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Wed, 02/17/2010 - 12:10pm

The 2010 Annual Conference of the the National Association of Clinical Nurse Specialists is being held in Portland this year. The conference is titled:

CNS as Clinical Consultant: Influencing Local to Global Systems

The conference proceedings are from March 4-6 and if you want information about registration please click on the conference icon at www.nacns.org.

On Friday March 5th, they will end their afternoon with a general session called "Town Hall on Healthcare Reform" which will include our Executive Director, Liz Baxter, as one of the speakers. 

Please note: There may be a charge to attend this session. Please get further information at www.nacns.org.

 

Start Date and Time: 
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 3:30pm
End Date and Time: 
Fri, 03/05/2010 - 5:00pm
Location: 
Hilton Portland and Executive Tower
921 SW Sixth Avenue
Portland, OR, 97204
See map: Google Maps

True Health Care Reform

Submitted by Lurelle Robbins on Wed, 01/27/2010 - 7:44pm
  1. Traditional Medicine              

              Get Sick

Diagnose Disease

Treat with Drugs 

CLC Meeting December 9, 2009

Submitted by Julie Magers on Mon, 11/16/2009 - 11:31am

December 9, 2009

Location:  The meeting will take place at the usual location - Loaves & Fishes in Multnomah Village.  We will meet in a new room, across from our usual spot. 

The agenda

1) Using Google docs (Rick) 20 min  optional: bring laptops
2) Proposal for policy on terms of CLC officers (Joe) 10 min
          * Presentation of policy and vote.
3) Ending and beginning term dates for CLC Members (Liz/Joe) 5 min
          * Proposal for nominations and elections to be discussed at next Admin Committee meeting  
4) Proposal for policy on accepting donations to the Archimedes Movement (Jason) 10 min
           * Presentation of policy and vote.
5) Report on Conf. with Heerad Sabeti and Joel Getzendanner (Liz) 10 min
6) Report on Gameplan discussions (Liz)   10 min 
7) Archimedes position on state tax measures (Liz)   15 min
8) Archimedes activities with the "Allies Group"  (Liz)    5 min
9) Committee recommendations
           * Policy Committee (David)             5 min
           * Strategy work group (Maureen)    10 min
10) Proposed 2010 Meeting dates for CLC (Liz)  5 min
11) CLC Retreat planning (Jo Beall)                      5 min

Chairman Zaerr suggests that you bring along your laptop computers because Rick will have a hands-on section in his presentation of Google docs.  Also, be prepared for a fast-paced meeting.  We have a lot to get done!

If you have any questions, please email Julie@wecandobetter.org or call 503-709-8574

Start Date and Time: 
Wed, 12/09/2009 - 12:00pm
End Date and Time: 
Wed, 12/09/2009 - 2:00pm
Location: 
Loaves & Fishes - SW Portland
7688 SW Capitol Hwy.
Portland, OR, 97219
See map: Google Maps

Important Congressional Vote Possible This Weekend

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Sat, 11/07/2009 - 1:50am

The House Leadership Bill may be voted on as early as this weekend. The Kaiser Family Foundation has a great summary of the provisions in the House Leadership bill, and there is a link to their summary here or you can download the PDF at the link below.

Upcoming Defend Oregon Phone Banking

Submitted by David Pollack on Thu, 10/29/2009 - 8:07pm

I'm passing on this information on Defend Oregon phone banking that will be done next week to help inform prospective voters about the upcoming tax initiative ballot measures.  A lot of folks don't know or understand this issue and its importance, including the impact on the state budget, including health related budgets, if the tax measures fail.

Just Added: Forum on Federal Health Reform

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Wed, 08/19/2009 - 9:45pm

Sorry for the late notice. Our friends at Oregon Action are hosting an evening forum on federal health reform and asked us to post this event. Please attend and bring a friend! 

Here's the agenda: 

6:30        Welcome, Overview:  Gary Cobb

6:40        Jo Ann Bowman, Oregon Action

7:00        Betsy Dillner, HCAN

7:20        Liz Baxter, Archimedes Movement

7:40        Question and Answer Session

8:15        Next Steps: Betsy Dillner

8:25        Acknowledgments: Jo Beall and Gary Cobb

8:30        End 

Start Date and Time: 
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 6:30pm
End Date and Time: 
Thu, 08/20/2009 - 8:30pm

Howard Dean in Portland

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 12:27pm

Howard Dean was in Portland last Friday at Powell's Bookstore giving remarks to a crowd of about 200 people about a book he has just finished called Howard Dean's Prescription For Real Reform. Rick had been invited to meet with him after the book signing and I tagged along.

Update on Health Information Technology

Submitted by Bill Andrews on Fri, 07/31/2009 - 11:34am

Liz Baxter and I attended the ‘Oregon Health Information Technology (HIT) Stakeholder Engagement Meeting' in Salem on Thursday July 23.

End of Session Celebration

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 9:35am

Hosted by SAFE: United for a Healthy Oregon, you're invited to a reception to celebrate Oregon's big step forward on health reform with the passage of HB 2009 and HB 2116. IF you have questions you can call Chris Coughlin at 503-312-8178.

Wear your WCDB t-shirt if you have one; if you don't have one let us know and Erick will get one to you for the next event! 

Start Date and Time: 
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 11:00am
End Date and Time: 
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 1:00pm

End of Session Celebration

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Wed, 07/22/2009 - 9:34am

Hosted by SAFE: United for a Healthy Oregon, you're invited to a reception to celebrate Oregon's big step forward on health reform with the passage of HB 2009 and HB 2116. IF you have questions you can call Chris Coughlin at 503-312-8178.

Wear your WCDB t-shirt if you have one; if you don't have one let us know and Erick will get one to you for the next event! 

Start Date and Time: 
Wed, 07/22/2009 - 11:00am
End Date and Time: 
Tue, 07/21/2009 - 1:00pm

The Trillion Dollar Mind Game

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Fri, 07/17/2009 - 5:00pm

I've been frustrated for some time by the "$1 trillion over 10 years" price tag that has been placed on federal health reform legislation. First, because it was an arbitrary number that entered the debate, and second, that it has been touted as a 'line in the sand' number that we, as Americans, cannot cross. 

Both HB2116 and HB2009 are passed by Oregon House

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 12:06pm

Next step - vote on the floor of the Oregon Senate, possibly as soon as Wednesday. If you have not contacted your Senator yet, now is the time to do so.

Liz

HB2116 Sent to Ways and Means Committee; HB2009 Work Session Today

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Fri, 05/29/2009 - 8:53am

HB 2116, which would generate revenue needed to pull down matching federal funds for expanding coverage to uninsured children and low income adults, was passed out of Oregon's House Revenue Committee on Thursday and sent to the Joint Ways and Means Committee with a do-pass recommendation.

HB2009 added to Ways and Means Subcommittee Schedule

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 8:33am

It has been off and on and off again, but it has been added to the Human Services Subcommittee agenda for Thursday at approximately 1:30. It's best to check and make sure before heading to Salem. 

You can check committee information at http://www.leg.state.or.us/comm/

Daily schedules are printed and can be found at http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/pubs/commsch.pdf

 

Start Date and Time: 
Thu, 05/28/2009 - 6:00am

Blumenauer and Howard Dean to hold meeting in Portland

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Wed, 05/27/2009 - 8:26am

Here is the page where you can sign up:

http://www.earlblumenauer.com/media/health_care_signup.html 

It says that he and Governor Dean will hold a Health Care Town Hall at Portland Community College, Cascade Campus on June 5th at 3:30 pm. 

Free Webinar with Berwick, Davis and Fisher

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 12:02pm

Join Berwick, Davis, and Fisher for a Webinar on How Physicians Can Help Achieve Health Reform Legislation that will fundamentally change the U.S. health care system is now being shaped in Washington, D.C. And this time, nearly all stakeholders are at the negotiating table. Join a Commonwealth Fund/Institute for Healthcare Improvement webinar this Friday, May 22, 2009, at 11 a.m., E.D.T., as three of the nation's leading thinkers in health policy and practice outline how physicians and others can help create a health care system that offers high-quality, affordable care for all Americans while containing costs.

Webinar panelists Donald M. Berwick, M.D., M.P.P., a professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Harvard School of Public Health and president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Healthcare Improvement; Karen Davis, Ph.D., president of The Commonwealth Fund; and Elliott S. Fisher, M.D., M.P.H., professor and associate director of Population Health and Policy at the Dartmouth Institute for Health Policy and Clinical Practice, will address quality improvement, integrated delivery, and payment reform as well as cost-saving measures that can help finance the coverage of the uninsured. A question-and-answer session will follow the panelists' presentations.

To register for this free one-hour online meeting, go to  
http://commonwealthfundevents.webex.com.

Start Date and Time: 
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 1:00am
End Date and Time: 
Fri, 05/22/2009 - 2:00am

CANCELLED: Human Service Subcommittee of Ways and Means: HB2009

Submitted by Liz Baxter on Thu, 05/21/2009 - 11:35am

This meeting and discussion of HB2009 has now been cancelled.

These schedules are subject to change, so we will update this event if we hear there has been a change to the schedule.  

You can also listen to/watch live streaming of committees and floor sessions at this link

http://oregonchannel.org/rams.htm (requires Windows Media Player) 

 

Start Date and Time: 
Tue, 05/26/2009 - 6:00am

Watching both ends of the reform spectrum

Submitted by Kimberly Ann on Mon, 05/18/2009 - 1:11pm

Hello everyone,

Group Type: 
Archimedes Movement Work Group
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