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Oregon Legislature Approves Big Medicaid Changes

Gov. Kitzhaber plans to sign the bill at Portland appearance tomorrow
June 30, 2011 – The Oregon Senate passed legislation last night that imposes monumental changes to the Oregon Health Plan intended to coordinate care and reduce costs. Read More >>

Governor Appoints Exchange Interim Director

Gov. John Kitzhaber has chosen Rocky King for the temporary position
June 23, 2011 -- Governor Kitzhaber announced today that he has selected an interim director for the new Oregon Health Insurance Exchange Corporation. Read More >>

Parting Thoughts From a Former Lund Reporter

From patients to prisoners, reform efforts raise questions as large as the changes they propose
April 14, 2011 -- I left Salem and the healthcare beat at The Lund Report last week for a long-term reporting gig on the California coast, but Monday night I once again found myself furiously jotting down notes on legislation. Read More >>

Legislators Face Timeline Crunch for OHP Transformation

Within the next five weeks a newly appointed committee needs to come up with legislation creating coordinated care organizations
April 7, 2011 -- Gov. John Kitzhaber told a group of lawmakers yesterday charged with making the most sweeping changes to the Oregon Health Plan since its inception that they can make a profound impact not only on the Oregon healthcare delivery system but at the national level as well. Read More >>

State Should Proceed with Caution before Integrating Long-Term Care

The author writes: “We cannot afford to dismantle a system that is highly effective.”
OPINION, February 16, 2011 -- Oregon has a cost-effective long term care system that provides choice, independence and dignity to seniors and people with disabilities. Read More >>

Can an Oregon Sales Tax Fix Healthcare?

A longtime lobbyist’s run for governor never got off the ground, but will his ideas for healthcare?
June 16, 2010 -- John DiLorenzo thinks Oregonians should pay a sales tax to pay for basic health insurance. In recent weeks, the well-known Salem lobbyist and Portland attorney announced a possible run for Governor as an independent, and then this week said he’s decided not to run. Read More >>

Bi-Partisan Collaboration at Archimedes Event

Common sense solutions heard at John Kitzhaber’s Archimedes conference
October 21, 2009 -- It’s no surprise to anyone that healthcare costs continue to escalate. But when a group of Republican and Democratic legislators met recently, they tossed around several ideas that could make a difference.   Read More >>
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