USDA Denies NYC’s Request to Ban Soda Purchases with Food Stamps
In 2010 the City of New York had a novel idea - to ban the use of Food Stamps to our purchase soda and other sugar sweetened beverages for two years. Last week Patrick McGeehan wrote in the New York Times that the USDA (US Department of Agriculture), which oversees...
Can We Have Health Reform without an Individual Mandate?
According to John Nichols, writing in The Nation, the answer is, "Yes, It's Called 'Medicare for All.'" He starts with some recent news: The essential vote on the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals panel that ruled that the individual-coverage mandate in President Obama’s...
Food Corps hopes to show a healthy link between garden, diet
National program kicks off with gardens at handful of Portland-area schools Steve Law, reports in the Portland Tribune: Youngsters who get their fingernails dirty by learning to garden are more likely to eat and appreciate fresh vegetables – and less likely to become...
Cost of Treating Veterans Will Rise Long Past Wars
James Dao reports in The New York Times: Though the withdrawal of American military forces from Iraq and Afghanistan will save the nation billions of dollars a year, another cost of war is projected to continue rising for decades to come: caring for the veterans. By...
Client Work Group Being Formed
The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) recently posted a call for nominations for a Medicare-Medicaid Integration of Care and Services Client Advisory Group. They are looking for individuals who are currently enrolled in both Medicare and the Oregon Health Plan (sometimes...
High Performance Accountable Care: Building on Success and Learning from Experience
In April of 2011, the Commonwealth Fund released a study that provides recommendations for ensuring the successful implementation and spread of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) to achieve the goals of a high performance health system. Here is the Overview and...
Virginia Garcia to break ground on new Cornelius wellness center
In The Oregonian, Kelly House reports: On Friday, the Cornelius health center that started as a volunteer clinic in a converted garage will begin the final stage of transformation into a 42,000-square-foot wellness center serving more than 11,000 patients yearly....
Transformation Work Groups Announced
The governor has announced the appointments to the four Transformation Committees. Thanks to you, there was an overwhelming response – close to 400 people applied to be on one or more of the committees, and around 140 people were nominated. The work of the committees...
Healthy Eating a Privilege for the Rich?
The AP reports on a new study published in the journal Health Affairs that says the government should do more to help consumers eat healthier. The story begins: A healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional...
New birth-control rules may shake up behavior
Writing for MarketWatch, Kristen Gerencher writes that the new rules requiring insurance coverage for contraceptives may have significant ramifications in terms of the social costs of unwanted pregnancies and even on children's health. Here are a few excerpts: Half of...
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