We Can Do Better will hold our 8th Annual Conference on September 14, 2016 at the Portland Art Museum Grand Ballroom.
The 2016 WCDB conference will explore health and wellness in three focal points:trauma, homelessness, employment and their interconnections.
When Regina Holliday’s husband was dying of kidney cancer, she was told she would have to pay 73 cents a page and wait weeks for her husband’s medical records. At about the same time, Holliday -- now a national advocate for patients' rights -- had asked Stephen King for an early edition of his then-latest novel so her husband, a big fan, could read it before he died.
Amy Cooper stepped into her role as interim director of We Can Do Better in September – but started working with the organization as a contractor in May.
January 19, 2012—Healthcare advocates, medical professionals, and legislators are developing a state-wide grassroots campaign to start educating the public about a single payer health system to provide universal coverage for everyone.
“It’s really the only way that we can assure affordable, high quality healthcare for all,” said Rep. Mike Dembrow (D-Portland), who introduced such legislation during the 2011 session which received a courtesy hearing in the House Healthcare Committee, but never came up for a vote.
