Update from the Oregon Health Authority
Here's the latest newsletter from the OHA: Oregon's Health Care Transformation In this issue: Oregon Statewide Community Meetings Governor Kitzhaber in Washington D.C. House Bill 3650 Work Groups update Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Board OHA in the News How you...
Montana Governor Calls for Universal Health Care
The Associated Press reported that Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer will ask the U.S. government to let Montana set up its own universal health care program. The article goes on to state: Like Republicans who object to the federal health care law, the Democratic governor...
What’s behind the jump in healthcare costs?
Two articles appeared recently that shed light on the dramatic rise in healthcare costs. One story, Some doctors blame themselves for rising healthcare costs by Karen Kaplan of the Los Angeles Times, discusses a survey of primary care docs: We all know that Americans...
Oregon Senate Confirms Governor’s Nominees to the Insurance Exchange Board
The board's first tasks will be to determine its governing structure and develop a business plan Writing for The Lund Report, Amanda Waldroupe reports: The Senate unanimously confirmed the nine people Governor John Kitzhaber recommended to be on Oregon's Insurance...
OHA Fall Community Meetings re: CCOs
The Oregon Health Authority will hold a series of community meetings about coming changes to how services are delivered to enrollees of the Oregon Health Plan using Coordinate Care Organizations (CCOs). According to the Oregon Health Authority: The Oregon Health...
The Lancet Review of Obesity Epidemic
Jane Brody wrote a summary in the New York Times describing how today's obesity epidemic evolved over time, based on a series of reports published in the journal The Lancet. The authors believe that in order to solve the obesity epidemic that we must understand its...
Time to Revive Home Ec?
In an opinion piece for The New York Times, Helen Zoe Veit writes: NOBODY likes home economics. For most people, the phrase evokes bland food, bad sewing and self-righteous fussiness. But home economics is more than a 1950s teacher in cat’s-eye glasses showing her...
Freedom to Die?
Paul Krugman is an economist, but his recent column is not about economics; it's about values and morals. It's an editorial, so keep in mind that the opinion expressed is not necessarily the view of anyone except, well, Mr. Krugman. His catalyst is the GOP debate a...
September CCO Work Group Meetings
HB 3650, which passed with strong bipartisan support, set a vision for improving health and the quality of care while lowering costs for Oregon Health Plan members.Under HB 3650, local Coordinated Care Organizations (CCOs) would be responsible for administering the...
Two Briefs Issued by OCPP
The Oregon Center for Public Policy (OCPP) issued two briefs on the Oregon Health Insurance Exchange, pointing to challenges around adverse selection. The Oregon Legislature passed SB 99, which authorized creation of a state insurance exchange, but before...
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