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....

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...

2011 is finally the year for…

Happy New Year! As we begin our sixth year we start by thanking all who have supported our work along the way – individuals, foundations and businesses across Oregon. When we launched in January of 2006 we said that the objective of our health system should be...

Access, Access, Access

In his New York Times column yesterday, Nicholas Kristof wrote about the low-tech factor that has a huge impact on health outcomes: access to medical care. He writes: In short, great health care is often less about breakthrough technologies than it is about access....

What Are Friends For? A Longer Life

Powerful story in today’s New York Times about the role of community and friendship in long term health. Here’s an excerpt: In the quest for better health, many people turn to doctors, self-help books or herbal supplements. But they overlook a powerful...