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Employer-Based Health Coverage Declines in Oregon, U.S.

WebEmployer-Based Health Coverage Declines in Oregon, U.S. Jon Perr While the debate over the health care crisis in Oregon remains focused on the defeat of Measure 50 and the national battle over the expansion of S-CHIP, a new study revealed the continuing and …

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Kitzhaber on health care

WebKitzhaber on health care The Sunday Oregonian had a long interview with former Governor John Kitzhaber about the state of health care in America (and posted the audio online).. His health care plan would force the federal government to confront the …

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Universal Health Care in Oregon

WebAt a meeting in King City, Oregon Senator Ben Westlund desribed his hopes for establishing universal health care in Oregon. He specifically discussed the Healthy Oregon Act and the Health Fund Board which begins meeting

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The BBC on the Oregon Health Plan

WebThe BBC NEWS site is running a story on Oregon's health care lottery. At the Outside In community clinic in downtown Portland, doctors see 7,000 different patients a year, 90% of whom have no health

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Saving Multnomah County's School-Based Health Clinics

WebSaving Multnomah County's School-Based Health Clinics By Liz Smith Currie of Portland, Oregon. Liz is the policy director at the Oregon School-Based Health Care Network - an organization that seeks to advance access to school-based health care for …

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One Oregonian Without Health Insurance Dies Every Day

WebA new report has been released showing that on average one person dies every day in Oregon due to a lack of health insurance. From the Statesman Journal: About 350 Oregonians a year die because

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What comes after ObamaCare

WebThe biggest change relates to the air conditioning story. Kitzhaber has given the CCOs radical flexibility in what they can purchase with Medicaid dollars. They can buy an air conditioner for a 90-year-old woman in a hot apartment. They can also try to …

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Wyden & Clinton: Two Universal Health Care Proposals

WebLet's see - there's some huge number of uninsured out there (47 million*) because they can't afford to purchase health care. Hillary's, and Wyden's, proposed health care plan(s) would require the uninsured to purchase health care. You know, the health care they can't …

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Wyden's Health Care Bill Gains Momentum

WebWyden's Health Care Bill Gains Momentum Senator Ron Wyden's bill to provide universal health care, the Healthy Americans Act, is getting noticed in the US Senate.Today, four more Senators signed on as co-sponors of Wyden's bill, adding to a bipartisan coalition.

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Health Care Deep Thought: Harper's Index

WebHealth Care Deep Thought: Harper's Index Jeff Alworth Today's health care deep thought is brought to you by by Harper's magazine, which notes in the September '09 Index:. Percentage change since 2002 in average premiums paid to large US health-insurance …

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Taking the Pulse: Oregon Small Business Ready to Pay Fair Share …

WebEverybody knows that small businesses in Oregon and across the country are struggling with health care. As rates continue to skyrocket, small businesses are paying an arm and a leg for questionable coverage that often

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Wyden in NYT: Expand consumers' choice of health plans

WebWyden in NYT: Expand consumers' choice of health plans Charlie Burr Ron Wyden, writing in this morning's New York Times:. Under the nation’s current employer-based system, most people have little if any choice about where they get their insurance. They just have to …

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Health Reform that Costs More in the Long Run

WebBy Ken Allen and Tom Chamberlain of Portland, Oregon. Ken is the executive director of Oregon AFSCME and Tom is the president of the Oregon AFL-CIO. It’s hard to open the paper without reading a

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The Multnomah County Healthy Retail Initiative and the Village …

WebThis past summer, Multnomah County kicked off its Healthy Retail Initiative to provide funding and other incentives for urban corner stores to increase the amount of healthy food offerings on the store shelves. Urban corner stores and inner-city markets …

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Health Care Costs

WebHealth Care Costs - Read Atul Gawande Steve Novick As the health care battle rages on, I suggest that everyone who has not already done so take the time to read this New Yorker article by Atul Gawande from June 1. Gawande set out to figure out why …

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School funding, class sizes, and health care reform

WebSchool funding, class sizes, and health care reform Russell Sadler I spoke recently with a Republican legislator who was planning to vote for Gov. Ted Kulongoski’s increase in funding for public schools.

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Republican health care plan is a disaster for Oregon’s Economy

WebBy Kelsey Denogean of Portland, Oregon. Kelsey is the owner of Pieper Cafe and a Main Street Alliance of Oregon Member. I love owning a small business but the potential changes in health care legislation

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Sen. Wyden Joins Effort to Stop Health Care Reform

WebSen. Wyden Joins Effort to Stop Health Care Reform Jo Ann Hardesty Today Senator Wyden signed onto a letter asking the white house and senate leadership to slow down the process. We know that this is the number one strategy of the right to kill health care reform.

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Before Congress, John Kroger defends constitutionality of health …

WebFunny how Mapes uses the GOP/fright-wing label of "Obamacare". There is no such thing as "Obamacare". The ACA, which was largely based on, and in particular the individual mandates, the Heritage Foundation's Healthcare Reform which Bob Dole …

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Conservative magazine hammers Wyden's health care plan

WebConservative magazine hammers Wyden's health care plan In its April 21 issue, the right-wing National Review magazine slams Senator Ron Wyden's health care plan - and the Republican Senators who have co-sponsored it.. The Lewin Group, a …

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Wyden pushes to end health insurance anti-trust exemption

WebWyden pushes to end health insurance anti-trust exemption Kari Chisholm Over at the Washington Independent, Mike Lillis is reporting that Senator Ron Wyden signed on to a letter asking the leadership to end the anti-trust exemption that the federal …

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2010: John Kitzhaber's health politics, the governorship, and why …

Web2010: John Kitzhaber's health politics, the governorship, and why he might not seek it Chris Lowe If he pushes his signature approach to health care reform at the Oregon state level in the way he proposed for the 2007 legislative session, Dr. John Kitzhaber probably can't …

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