How to Save a Trillion Bucks

Food writer Mark Bittman gets it. If we want to save our economy, we need to reduce preventable illness. It’s that simple, and that hard. He writes: In the scheme of things, saving the 38 billion bucks that Congress seems poised to agree upon is not a big deal....

Legacy Health lowers costs while saving lives

We Can Do Better endorses the “Triple Aim,” which is to: improve the health of a defined population; reduce or contain per capita costs; and to improve the experience of users of the system. Legacy has taken some key steps that help on all three counts....

April 2011 Newsletter

In this Issue: Director’s Update A Message from the Board Chair Our New Website Oregon Insurance Exchange: SB 99 Our 2011 Health Reform Policy Focus Health Reform Advocacy Workshop in Portland Culturally Competent Health Providers: Oregon SB 97 Health Care Action Day...

Our 2011 Policy Focus

Our Community Leadership Council members have identified several policy objectives so far for 2011. You can see our 2011 Policy Focus, which describes our interest in both our experience with health care and our desire to move toward health. progress in developing the...